Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Nice Old Sudanese/Somali Shield For Comment

REMEMBERGORDON · 27th February 2006, 07:56 PM

The two thick ones look like hippo hide shields as used by Hadendoa and Beja tribesmen in the Sudan in the 19th-early 20th century. They were usually undecorated on the outside and sometimes had a couple of notches on the outer edge...commonly used in the battles at Khartoum and Omdurman. I am looking for a good Hadendoa hippo hide shield circa 1880s...if anyone has any leads.

27th February 2006, 07:56 PM	#13
REMEMBERGORDON Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1	Hadendoa Hippo Shields The two thick ones look like hippo hide shields as used by Hadendoa and Beja tribesmen in the Sudan in the 19th-early 20th century. They were usually undecorated on the outside and sometimes had a couple of notches on the outer edge...commonly used in the battles at Khartoum and Omdurman. I am looking for a good Hadendoa hippo hide shield circa 1880s...if anyone has any leads.