Object class: Armor (protective wear) / Collection place: Ethiopia / Materials: Bison hide - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 5-11000, described as Shield: leather, round; shallow conical shape with rounded edges; semi-circular leather handle lashed to shield with crossed leather thongs; eight 1.0 cm perforations at rim; twisted cotton cord passed through two perforations for hanging; dark brown; circular design hand-tooled on front; diameter: ca. 53.0 cm. buffalo hide, hand fashioned.