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A RARE MAASAI SHIELD: A large example of characteristic form, made of hide laced to a central wooden post with integral grip, the edges bound to stripped branches with tightly-coiled hide. The obverse painted in geometrica
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A Maasai Shield: Schild Massai, Kenia / Tansania Ohne Sockel / without base Leder, Holz. H 102 cm. B 72 cm. Provenienz: - Manfred Zirngibl (1938-2014), Passau. - Schweizer Privatsammlung, Zürich. - Schweizer Privatsa
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A Maasai Shield: A vintage to antique Maasai shield from the grasslands of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, where such shields were used in warfare, hunting, and rites of passage. A buffalo hide sewn onto a woode
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Maasai Shield with Two Spears: Painted cowhide leather shield, bound to wood frame with wood handle. Along with two wood handled spears with iron blades. Also includes milk gourd with leather straps, beaded decoration. Fading of pa
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A Maasai Shield: Schild Massai, Kenia / Tansania Ohne Sockel / without base Leder, Holz. H 84 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich. CHF 100 / 200 EUR 86 / 172
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Maasai Shield, Kenya.: A Maasai Shield with geometric designs. Leather, pigment. Kenya. 35” x 28”. Condition: Surface dirt. Provenance: From the Estate of Giraud V. Foster, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Maasai Shield, Kenya.: A Maasai Shield with geometric designs. Leather, pigment. Kenya. 30” x 26”. Condition: Surface dirt. Provenance: From the Estate of Giraud V. Foster, Baltimore, Maryland.
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A RARE MAASAI SEME SWORD: An earlier example, the robust handwrought steel blade with pronounced central ridge, the grip of formed leather. 19th century. Overall length 72cm. Condition II
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*MAASAI SHIELD: Kenya, with painted decoration, approximate size 42" x 27".
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A Maasai Shield: Schild Massai, Kenia / Tansania Ohne Sockel / without base Leder, Holz. H 84 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich. Schilde waren äusserliche Zeichen des Status und der Klanzugehörigkeit des Besitze
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A large example of characteristic form, made of hide laced to a central wooden post with integral grip, the edges bound to stripped branches with tightly-coiled hide. The obverse painted in geometrical patterns using organic pigments. First half of the 20th century. Acquired by John Woodman Higgins in 1963 and donated to the museum in 2004. Ex-Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, MA. Overall length 87.8 cm.Condition II_x000D_
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A RARE MAASAI SHIELD

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