Rare bouclier cérémoniel ·  Laos / Vietnam, Plateau des Bolovens, Katu · ID: 3051144

Description

wood, black lacquer, metal inlays,

The Katu tribe people live on the Bolaven Plateau on either side of the border with South Laos and Vietnam.

They perform grand sacred rituals with buffalo sacrifices. During these rituals, the cult leaders hold shields like the one shown here.

Littérature comparée

Barbier, Jean Paul & Purissima Benitez-Johannot, Shields, Munich, London, New York 2000, p. 137