So called Mandingo shield
I have somewhere a 19th century photography of the personal guard of a Western african local petty king using this very kind of shield. Judging by the pic it seems to be quite large sizedof shield, covering most of the body of some guards crouching behind their shield. As far as I remember it is not a Mandigo (present day Mali-Senegal border area) shield but a Cameroonian shield (French cameroon, southern to the Mandingo dewelling area). I'll try to fin the pic, scan it and post it here in the coming day.
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