Lot: 536

81st Tribal Art Auction

Shield

Ethiopia, Amarro

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium D: 28 inch sold

animal skin, dark brown patina, circular form with hunch-shaped and ridge-like decor, ornamental incisions, large handle on the rear, rep. (crack), small missing part, traces of usage and abrasion


Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 69