Old Ethiopian Shield For Comment

Tim Simmons · 22nd April 2006, 11:36 AM

Well it looks like a jolly smart addition to your ever growing collection. You must have a fair few shields from the horn of Africa. Nice

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Wodimi · 23rd April 2006, 07:34 PM

Hello Lew,

I think your shield comes from the Dorse, a subgroup of the Sidamo, living in southern central Ethiopia. A nice pice, but may be not so old than the normal leather ones of this group. I would think around 1950.
Attached you can see my similar example.

Wolf

Jim McDougall · 24th April 2006, 05:40 AM

Nicely done Wodimi!!! Thank you for posting that and detailing the probable tribal origin. Could not find anything similar enough in the apparantly very limited shield resources here, and now I can add this (as well as sleep tonite!!

It drives me crazy when something is so close but I cant find it!
All the best,
Jim

Luc LEFEBVRE · 26th April 2006, 10:34 PM

Nice exemple, I have one from the same region, made of leather:

http://lulef.free.fr/html/amhara.html

Luc

23rd April 2006, 07:34 PM	#2
Wodimi Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 75	Hello Lew, I think your shield comes from the Dorse, a subgroup of the Sidamo, living in southern central Ethiopia. A nice pice, but may be not so old than the normal leather ones of this group. I would think around 1950. Attached you can see my similar example. Wolf Attached Images

22nd April 2006, 11:36 AM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,925	Well it looks like a jolly smart addition to your ever growing collection. You must have a fair few shields from the horn of Africa. Nice .

24th April 2006, 05:40 AM	#3
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,670	Nicely done Wodimi!!! Thank you for posting that and detailing the probable tribal origin. Could not find anything similar enough in the apparantly very limited shield resources here, and now I can add this (as well as sleep tonite!! It drives me crazy when something is so close but I cant find it! All the best, Jim

26th April 2006, 10:34 PM	#4
Luc LEFEBVRE Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: France Posts: 473	Nice exemple, I have one from the same region, made of leather: http://lulef.free.fr/html/amhara.html Luc