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22nd April 2006, 02:49 AM | #1 | |
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Here are some better pics. That piece of leather under the small loop is an old repair covering a small crack in the shield. Lew |
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22nd April 2006, 10:36 AM | #2 |
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Well it looks like a jolly smart addition to your ever growing collection. You must have a fair few shields from the horn of Africa. Nice .
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23rd April 2006, 06:34 PM | #3 |
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Hello Lew,
I think your shield comes from the Dorse, a subgroup of the Sidamo, living in southern central Ethiopia. A nice pice, but may be not so old than the normal leather ones of this group. I would think around 1950. Attached you can see my similar example. Wolf |
24th April 2006, 04:40 AM | #4 |
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Nicely done Wodimi!!! Thank you for posting that and detailing the probable tribal origin. Could not find anything similar enough in the apparantly very limited shield resources here, and now I can add this (as well as sleep tonite!! It drives me crazy when something is so close but I cant find it!
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26th April 2006, 09:34 PM | #5 |
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Nice exemple, I have one from the same region, made of leather:
http://lulef.free.fr/html/amhara.html Luc |
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