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Description: | Shield made from a sheet of untreated crocodile hide shaped thus: with two long sides parallel, one end rounded, and the other pointed. The sheet is folded up centrally into a spine which is hollow on the inside, taking a wooden strut secured by large stitches and bindings of sinew. The strut is bent up towards the centre and thereby forms a hand grip. It projects over the pointed end of the shield.
Label: handwritten London County Council label.
caption: Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 2.7.55/4
caption: Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 2.7.55/4 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | sinew wood shields (weapons: accessories) skin War- and Peace-making | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-57547 | Go to resource |
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