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Originally Posted by asomotif
Hello Maurice,
Nice shields.
What is the provenance of the damaged shield/
Is it depicted in Voskuil's article ?
here is one I was able to buy last year.
36 cms diameter / 1,78 kgs, quite heavy for Atjeh standards
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Hi Willem,
No it was not depicted in Voskuil's article. I was just referring to the two ratan pieces with also 5 stars on it that are depicted in it.
Also a very nice shield you have in your collection Willem.
I really like this one, especially with the cusion at the backside.
These are the shields how they can be found in the Nijmegen museumdepot. When I first handled one of these, I was surprised about the weight of these unlike the decorated brass ones.
I am sure you remember the damaged shield because it was discussed in another thread already which you also participated.
It was collected in the early 1900 by a dutch Knil officer called Blüml.
A box was found on the attic of Blüml's grandson after his death, with two shields, weapons, documents/photo's and medals.
I have some images of these documents/photo's and medals.
Here a few images of some pieces (included my peurise), Blüml's, document and medals that where in the box and are from the same collection.
Maurice