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Rare bouclier en métal "upwal" ·  Kenya, Turkana · ID: 3046768

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Description

sheet-iron (front side cleaned), wood, animal skin/ sinews,
Shape and design are reminiscent of the typical shields of the Turkana, which were made of animal skin (mostly from giraffe, antelope, hippo or buffalo).

In his book “Geheimnis Afrika” (1979) Heinrich Harrer reports about such a metal sign, which hung in the mission station in Kakuma.


Littérature comparée

Baur, Ivan & Jan Elsen, Guba, Brussels 2002, p. 33, ill. 4


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