Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

An East African parrying shield, of moulded rhinoceros hide, with convex centre and turned out rim, button-shaped central boss, concentric bands of incised decoration, large U-shaped grip to the reverse, diameter 53 cm (21 in.); together with an Indian shield (dhal), brass with engraved foliate decoration picked out in black, four dome-shaped bosses, diameter 37 cm (14.5 in.). [2]