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Old 12th September 2011, 06:40 PM   #3
Jim McDougall
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Originally Posted by Martin Lubojacky
Hello Teodor,
I think this is typical Amhara shield - of lower quality. (Nevertheless the very acute conical shape and smaller diameter also evokes Ethiopian Dorze tribe). Since it was bought in Asmara, it could be interesting to know (I do not know), how typical Tigre and Tigray shield looks like...
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Martin
Martin, this has a remarkable similarity in my untrained eye to the Omani 'ters' shields. Could there be any connection ?
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