Bronze aceh shield with islamic inscriptions

[Mytribalworld]

Hi there,

Last week I found this Aceh shield size 37 cm round.
the decorations are very detailed but what more unusual is the islamic inscriptions. Can any help me with the translation?

Arjan.

[Mytribalworld]

some more pics

[asomotif]

Mmmm...

Normally I would not be impressed by writing on Aceh items.
I only see them on new made rencongs.

But this shield is not new made at all.

Maybe Alam Shah can assist ?

Ps. note that the text is not engraved or anything, it is actually casted with the shield.

[Dom]

Hi Arjan

you have to ;
- present your pics after an horzontal rotation to be readable
- found a translator in "farsi" because if the alphabet is arabic, not the language, and by that way, the inscriptions are not islamic

sorry if nothing more to help

regards

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Dom

[Dajak]

I like to now if any museum has this type off shield in their collection or there is an pic that an Atjeh warrior carry one.

I never found one .




Ben

[Mytribalworld]

Originally Posted by Dajak

I like to now if any museum has this type off shield in their collection or there is an pic that an Atjeh warrior carry one.

I never found one .




Ben

Hi ben ,

I found some on the site from Leiden.
but as far as I can see without inscriptions.

[asomotif]

or there is an pic that an Atjeh warrior carry one.

Based on the pictures I know, real warriors only carried rottan shields covered with textile and brass stars.

But than again, there not so many pictures of Atjeh warriors.

[VVV]

This one looks like a brass shield.
Nice shield btw Arjan!


Michael

[Dajak]

Hi Michael that is an Rattan shield covered with textiles
Like Willem means .


Ben

[asomotif]

Yep, the textile is under the stars and the nails.

I only know 1 shield with the textile still there and that is in the 'Legermuseum' in Delft.

Sadly their website does not have any pictures.

[Dajak]

Willem you schould visit Nijmegen they have enough.
I have also one you see the textile under the stars .


Ben

[asomotif]

I see you can provide with the pictures from Nijmegen. So that is nice too.