shield
- Museum number
- Af1993,01.1
- Description
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A large, ovular shield of scraped, cleaned and stretched hide, the facing side painted with a number of motifs in reddish brown and black pigment, the entire design being divided into two halves by the "es segira", a stylised representation of a chain of cowrie shells. The rim of the shield is strenthened by wooden sections secured by thongs, and on the reverse side a perpendicular piece of wood has also been secured, the middle section of which has been fashioned into a hand-grip.
- Dimensions
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Height: 115 centimetres
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Width: 76 centimetres
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Depth: 22 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Transferred from the Ethnography Department's Handling Series which in turn acquired it from the Department's "Duplicate" collections. Previously unregistered, and original source and date of acquisition unknown.
- Location
- On display (G25/dc16)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2000-2009, London, BM, Sainsbury African Galleries
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition notes
- Acquisition details unknown.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1993,01.1
