Shield
AF5261A
From: Rwanda | Lake Kivu | Gisenyi
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF5261A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Barundi |
Provenience | Rwanda | Lake Kivu | Gisenyi |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Description | Wood, small, strongly convex in line of long axis. Painted red, white, black. Conical boss. Kisinje (Kissenji) is in Bugoi, a "state" of Ruanda. The shields in shape, type of decoration, boss, closely resemble a shield figured by Czekanowski (Zwishenseengebiet, p. 195, fig. 123) as a "typical Ruanda shield". The shields of Collins have a grip carved out of the solid; in this and in being somewhat smaller they differ from the "typical Ruanda shield". They may be models; the grip might be rather easily broken in practical use. |
Length | 45 cm |
Width | 15.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Alfred M. Collins, 1925 |
Other Number | 26 / 27 - Collector Number |
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