Shield

Museum number:
5-16815
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016815
Alternate number:
49 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4729
Description:
Hide shield. round, dome shaped with rolled edge, bands of incised herringbone design on outside. knob at center. tied leather handle at inside center. 4 sets of 2 holes at each quadrant.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Shewa province (historical region), Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa, Ethiopia, Shoa Province, Gurage
Culture or time period:
Gurage
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
May 22, 2002
Context of use:
warfare or defense
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 24 centimeters and diameter 65 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 5-16815, described as Hide shield. round, dome shaped with rolled edge, bands of incised herringbone design on outside. knob at center. tied leather handle at inside center. 4 sets of 2 holes at each quadrant.

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