Ethiopian Shield for ID

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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...
Regards,
Martin

Thank you Martin,

I should have given an approximate diameter. It is 40 cm or 16" and it looks similar to shields wodimi has identified as Dorze in his excellent page. It also features an Omani buckler, described as Coastal Somalia and an Afar shield, but no Tigrean examples:

http://www.spearcollector.com/specia...ial%20set.html

Regards,
Teodor