- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Hide shield. It is oval in shape and curved. On the underside there is a band of wood stitched down the centre of the shield, the handle is carved from this. There is hide stitching around the edge of the shield. It is painted with black, white and red pigment in triangular and rhombus designs. [AB [OPS Move] 15/8/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Kikuyu
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1933
- Date collected
- By 1933
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1933
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Pigment, Material Wood Plant, Process Painted, Process Moulded, Process Stitched
- Dimensions
- Height: max 146 mm, Width: max 615 mm, Length: max 1165 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1933.26.18.3
1933.26.18.3
Hide shield. It is oval in shape and curved. On the underside there is a band of wood stitched down the centre of the shield, the handle is carved from this. There is hide stitching around the edge of the shield. It is painted with black, white and red pigment in triangular and rhombus designs. [AB [OPS Move] 15/8/2016]
1933.26.18.3
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