Shield
AF5261B
From: Zaire (uncertain) | Lake Kivu | Northeast Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF5261B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Barundi |
Provenience | Zaire (uncertain) | Lake Kivu | Northeast Belgian Congo |
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 | 42 cm |
Width | 14.2 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Alfred M. Collins, 1925 |
Other Number | 26 - Other Number |
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