Lot: 90

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Bouclier rond "gondale"

Éthiopie, Sidamo, Dorze

Provenance Taille Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany D: 38,5 cm 300 EUR
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animal skin (buffalo, ox),

Shield with a strongly conical bulging body decorated with traditional hallmark patterns.

According to Plaschke / Zirngibl, this shield comes from the Sidamo region in south-west Ethiopia. The bearers were the Dorze, who live within the Ometo tribal group.


Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 66, ill. 52 Greve, Anna & Kerstin Volker-Saad (Hg.), Äthiopien und Deutschland, München, Berlin 2006, p. 193