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Description: | Shield made of wood in a 'figure of eight' shape. Central portion is encased in woven cane matting from roughly the centre line of each rounded section. A vertical line of black 'V' shapes are woven into the centre of the cane covered section. At the beginning and end of the cane section a cord into which are tied dark green or black feathers is attached around the shield, so that the feathers hang down into the cane covered section at the top and below it at the bottom. There is a short line of further feathers attached to the centre of the shield and traces of others which have been lost from other sections of the shield. Ends of shield curved and decorated with incised crescents infilled with white and red pigment. Handle in the centre at the back is made from a curved piece of cane wrapped in leaf and string. The handle is now quite loose.
Technique: Carved, Material: Wood
Technique: Woven, Material: Cane
Material: Feather
Material: Pigment
Material: Leaf
Material: String | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.328267 | Go to resource |
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