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:
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