Shield
2004-18-1
From: Tanzania | German East Africa
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 2004-18-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Tanzania | German East Africa |
| Date Made | 1905-1907 |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Leather | Wood | Paint |
| Technique | Woven | Painted |
| Description | Large leather shield with red and black design painted on front; back is concave with wooden handle attached by leather straps; outer wooden frame woven to body of shield with thin strips of leather. |
| Height | 93 cm |
| Width | 47.5 cm |
| Depth | 10 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Kurt Eugen Traub, Jr. and Katharine-Leigh Traub Lemire in memory of their father, 2004 |
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