Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2017
Lot 184
A Masaai shield Kenya hide
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £1300
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Description
A Masaai shield
Kenya
hide, with painted geometric patterns with a central raised boss, the reverse with a central wooden rib handle, with black and red decoration, inscribed 112972 Vosseler and other faint inscriptions,
97cm high.
Provenance
Heimat-Museum, Hof, Germany. Collected before 1914.