Reproduction
Object Category
shield, arms, arms, armour weapon
Description
Shield made of wicker, woven and bound.
Oval shield, made of wicker. The weaving in separated into three distinct different sections (sided panels are repeated twice - ie: on both sides). The centre comprises large linear fibres, horizontal with smaller pieces of wicker binding the pieces together. There are small sections of both edges of the centre comprising vertically situation wicker, small and intricate. The outer sections of wicker weaving are curved in shape, of medium sized fibres. Original classification: "B: Quivers (arrows and darts), bows, shields"
Collector
Production Place
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Material
Technique
Accession Number
LDUEC-B.0029
Administration Name
UCL Ethnographic Collections