View Full Version : another old ( I hope ! ) shield ! Ottoman piece ??
francantolin
5th October 2020, 06:05 PM
Hello everybody,
for this one I couldn't resist, ( always loved old stuff !)
and I already have it in my hands !
Looks like a mix between an old ottoman kalkan shield
( iron pieces and the handle ) and an indian dhal !
Maybe another ethnic origin ?
It's made of thick leather ( which animal ?) and pieces of iron.
18th-19th century ? or earlier ? or just looks like old ?
Anybody has an idea about the leather origin ?
Kind regards
francantolin
5th October 2020, 06:07 PM
other pictures...
glad if somebody give me advice about cleaning/restore it
francantolin
5th October 2020, 07:15 PM
this one not bad for see the convex form and the iron mounts...
Kubur
5th October 2020, 07:53 PM
Hi
mmmmm I would say a mix between a dhal shield and an Indian shield
;)
Ren Ren
5th October 2020, 10:42 PM
Afghanistan?
francantolin
6th October 2020, 02:32 PM
Hello,
Thank you for your message !
yes it looks like an indian dhal with his four bosses but I haven't seen one with this kind of central shape and the lateral iron '' stenghtening'' that make me think of other origin with this kind of central cross...
It's not a later ad, I put a ''close'' picture, it was made first, before the bosses have been fixed.
For the moment, I cleaned it with baking soda and special stuff against parasites / pests ( it was reeally necessary ! )
then a little oil on because the leather was cracked in many parts.
Change the color, not that bad,
we see a red skin under surface ( not transluscent, don't think rhino back )
maybe it will stay like that or becomes already lighter...
What do you think about all ? age, origin clenaing it more ?... :)
Kind regards
Kmaddock
6th October 2020, 05:27 PM
we see a red skin under surface ( not transluscent, don't think rhino back )
maybe it will stay like that or becomes already lighter...
is translucence in Dahl leather an indication of Rhino hide?
I will put up a pic of my "New" dahl this week
There seems to be a lot on shields at moment, interesting topic I would love to get a Zulu one, I am sure it will happen sometime!!
Regards
Ken
francantolin
6th October 2020, 07:15 PM
Hello ,
yes it ''usually'' will work , if the leather is thick enough and still translucent.
Just one more criteria, somebody can tell you that if you put a lightened torch behind your ear it will turn red too and we are not rhino's ;) ...
Oliver Pinchot
6th October 2020, 09:32 PM
It has nothing in common with Ottoman materials, form
or construction. It is either N.Indian or Afghan, vers 1820-50
David R
6th October 2020, 11:06 PM
I would not rule out a tribal piece from the Caucuses. The Kev-Sur for example used iron bound hide bucklers, though theirs usually with a central boss.
francantolin
7th October 2020, 02:47 PM
Hello,
thank you for your comments !
North india and Afghanistan make me think of Balochistan and their shields.
I found this leather shield with the metal side but it's less raw than ''mine'' with his all iron structure...
The Khevsur people and their armor are really interesting,
I saw their small iron raw round dhal looking shield that made me think too that
''mine'' could come from some( where(?) ) in central Asia...
Another point: the leather; it seems all made of small hair-wool more than skin cells...
francantolin
7th October 2020, 05:35 PM
Seller told me hippo for the leather and indo persian origin...
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