Another Picture
Photo from book: JARAI, Bertrand Goy, Jean-Yves Coué
I think this example and above are earlier versions with a metal central disk - they also look like a larger versions that look to be more of a functional shield. The one that the priest is holding and mine would seem some time in the first half of the 20th C. going by the color photograph. The shield it is very light (around 700 grams) and would not offer much protection after a few blows. Hence more of a ceremonial shield I believe.
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