Turtle shield

asomotif · 13th August 2010, 11:50 PM

Nice shield.

In "Shields" by Benitez and Barbier there is a Sudan shield on page 94 made also of similar "soft" turtle shell.

That book refers to it as possibly the shell of "Cyclanorbis Elegans".

Ps. a small anekdote.
6 years ago I saw a small Indian turtle shell shield for sale in London.
Examining that shield learned me that is was made of a kind of handmade carton, modelled and painted / lacquered to look like turtle shell.
Sadly the Pound / Euro exchange rate made it too expensive to buy it for fun.

13th August 2010, 11:50 PM	#4
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,235	Nice shield. In "Shields" by Benitez and Barbier there is a Sudan shield on page 94 made also of similar "soft" turtle shell. That book refers to it as possibly the shell of "Cyclanorbis Elegans". Ps. a small anekdote. 6 years ago I saw a small Indian turtle shell shield for sale in London. Examining that shield learned me that is was made of a kind of handmade carton, modelled and painted / lacquered to look like turtle shell. Sadly the Pound / Euro exchange rate made it too expensive to buy it for fun.