SHIELD - Tutsi culture, Rwanda - First half of the 20th century

SHIELD

Tutsi culture, Rwanda

First half of the 20th century

Wood and pigments

H.: 48; L.: 22.5 cm

Monoxyl and concave elliptical wooden shield, slightly curved on the middle part and animated by a pyramidal protuberance pigmented with red. It constitutes the point of symmetry of the decoration engraved in incision and enhanced with black and red.

The reverse has a handle carved into the wood.

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