Rare bouclier tressé "ngubo / "ngabo" · R. D. Congo, Baali · ID: 3047816
Vendu
4 000 €
Provenance
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The NetherlandsDescription
rattan, plant fibre, wood (grip board),
Shield of unusual size with elaborately decorated grip board.
A comparable example entered the holdings of the Africa Museum Tervuren in 1916 (Inv. no. EO.0.0.19590). Another one illustrated in Elsen (2002), p. 209 (AHDRC 0034934).
Littérature comparée
Baur, Ivan & Jan Elsen, Guba, Vol. 1, Brussels 2002, p. 209