Shield · Cameroun, Kirdi · ID: 3040457
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Description
metal, remains of pigments, with punched decorations, handle on the rear, min. dam., traces of usage and abrasion;
metal shields are rarely used in Sub-Saharan Africa. They are more effective than their hide and basketry percursors but they retain the shape and designs of the older hide shields.
Littérature comparée
Kahan, Leonard et .al., A Cameroon World, New York 2007, p. 194, ill. 157