Shield ·  R. D. Congo, Topoke · ID: 3038121

Description

wood, rattan, rectangular, roof-shaped, a wide horizontal brace, the back of the shield is covered with split bamboo-like reeds tightly bound together, decorated with wickerwork, min. dam., slight traces of usage and abrasion;
one of the oldest sources on the presence of wooden shields in this region is from H. M. Stanley (“Durch den dunklen Weltteil”, Leipzig 1881, vol. II, p. 288): “The shields were shaped like long rectangles, beautifully made from the bark of a palm tree and thus light, tough and impenetrable for knife and spear.”

Littérature comparée

Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 90 f.