Sales catalogue: Stevens

Date:
23-24 September 1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/21/650
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Stevens. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    697 699 710 (a9 712 713 39 Second Day Sukuma small shield, of very thick hippo or elephant hide, feather tuft at end ie ae” ll ee Very rare N lotic shield, 4-pointed, very old gs Arete [es - | Lango small ‘“‘ knuckle’ shield, of hide, and a patrying hey aa shield of very light wood, in shape very similar to the | Australian, from the Mundu people of the Nile as Dinka parrying shield, with groove at back of handle for 4°//s//-/¥S holding spear (rare), and a shield of the same form, from Victoria, Australia Baganda shield, of wood covered with wicker (Uganda), 2/13 and a Zulu hide war shield dD hn yee Wicker shield, of rare form, from Lake sichivede 6] fe 5 Rance Large hide shield, with 2 wood supports, recurved edge, Po bd a native repaired patches, very crude, andasmallcircular § NM. « Lokoja Expedition of 1902-3) Woven bark shield, from Benin Two Azandeh shields, of wicker, 2 types, 1 from a Welle district | Ti Rare Fang shield, from the Gaboon, very ‘large_ ST Bangala shield, of wicker, edged with lizard skin, RE centre boss, back elaborately decorated with string- work, the whole covered with a black cement (Upper Congo), very scarce specimen Large Congo wicker shield, decorated with a device, or o/)e f- SAe tribal badge, in black | hee Extremely rare Sava shield, large carved wood handle boss, , /..). to which is fastened slats of thin wood, over the front is °/ ° stretched thick hide, decorated with tufts of feathers, very heavy — a Ancient Congo shield, of thin wood, with cross-pieces of &, oe lew cane, back elaborately covered with basket- ‘work, front partly covered with pieces of iron S outh Sea. Trobriand wood shield, of thick wood, front ornamented 2 isp > with curious designs in black and red, on a white ground South-East British New Guinea shield, of wood, roughly rectangular, broad band of cane-work decorated with red feathers Qa Another, slightly carved and of hour-glass shape 2 / SP Betons
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