SHIELD AND SPEAR FOR COMMENT

colin henshaw · 24th January 2016, 11:08 AM

From the images, the spear looks to be from South-East Africa (maybe Mashona or Yao ?). However the construction of the shield with the four metal rivets through the leather, is Indian not African.

However, there should be borne in mind the anomaly of Indian style knives with apparent African provenances as discussed previously on another thread....

asomotif · 24th January 2016, 08:56 PM

east african leather shield normally have leather hand grips.

Sumba shields came up in my mind.
But they have a rattan rim, where this shield has the rim made by bending up the leather...

BANDOOK · 25th January 2016, 10:31 AM

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24th January 2016, 08:56 PM	#2
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,235	east african leather shield normally have leather hand grips. Sumba shields came up in my mind. But they have a rattan rim, where this shield has the rim made by bending up the leather... Attached Images

24th January 2016, 11:08 AM	#1
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,429	From the images, the spear looks to be from South-East Africa (maybe Mashona or Yao ?). However the construction of the shield with the four metal rivets through the leather, is Indian not African. However, there should be borne in mind the anomaly of Indian style knives with apparent African provenances as discussed previously on another thread....

25th January 2016, 10:31 AM	#3
BANDOOK Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: AUCKLAND,NEW ZEALAND Posts: 627	THANKS FOR ALL THE INFORMATION,CHEERS