Shield

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Description

buffalo hide, in form of a rounded rhomb, painted with white ornaments, handle in form of a stick attached with leather straps, min. dam., small missing parts, traces of usage and abrasion;
the shields of the Luo are the largest of African leather shields.

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Littérature comparée

Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 35, ill. 17

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