shield, arms, armour weapon

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"

Southern Africa

skin, wood, hair, animal hide skin

carved, dried, woven

LDUEC-B.0025b

UCL Ethnographic Collections