Reproduction
Object Category
shield, arms, armour weapon
Description
Hide shields.
Two oval-shaped animal skin shields. B25b has a wooden support/handle with animal hair at the top, the skin is dappled brown and beige, probably cow hide, and slightly balding. Two 6cm wide strips of animal hide are woven down the vertical axis of the shield. Original classification: "B: Quivers (arrows and darts), bows, shields"
Production Place
Southern Africa
Material
Technique
Accession Number
LDUEC-B.0025b
Administration Name
UCL Ethnographic Collections