Old Ethiopian Shield For Comment

Lew · 18th April 2006, 11:06 PM

Hi Guys

I managed to pick this nice old shield up the other day.

http://cgi.ebay.com/EXCEPTIONAL-ETHI...QQcmdZViewItem

I think I did ok let me know what you think?

Lew

Tim Simmons · 19th April 2006, 09:53 PM

To be perfectly honest with you I have only ever seen these shields on ebay. I have never seen or handled one since collecting. As the UK was quite heavily involved in Ethiopia I find that a little strange but one is always discovering new things. I am not able to form an opinion from the pictures I have seen since observing there appearance on ebay. How robust are they? What is the handle like? I am really looking forward to good pictures from you.

Lew · 22nd April 2006, 03:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

To be perfectly honest with you I have only ever seen these shields on ebay. I have never seen or handled one since collecting. As the UK was quite heavily involved in Ethiopia I find that a little strange but one is always discovering new things. I am not able to form an opinion from the pictures I have seen since observing there appearance on ebay. How robust are they? What is the handle like? I am really looking forward to good pictures from you.

OK Tim

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

Tim Simmons · 22nd April 2006, 11:36 AM

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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Wodimi · 23rd April 2006, 07:34 PM

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

Jim McDougall · 24th April 2006, 05:40 AM

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!
All the best,
Jim

Luc LEFEBVRE · 26th April 2006, 10:34 PM

Nice exemple, I have one from the same region, made of leather:

http://lulef.free.fr/html/amhara.html

Luc

18th April 2006, 11:06 PM	#1
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Old Ethiopian Shield For Comment Hi Guys I managed to pick this nice old shield up the other day. http://cgi.ebay.com/EXCEPTIONAL-ETHI...QQcmdZViewItem I think I did ok let me know what you think? Lew

23rd April 2006, 07:34 PM	#5
Wodimi Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 75	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 Attached Images

19th April 2006, 09:53 PM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,807	To be perfectly honest with you I have only ever seen these shields on ebay. I have never seen or handled one since collecting. As the UK was quite heavily involved in Ethiopia I find that a little strange but one is always discovering new things. I am not able to form an opinion from the pictures I have seen since observing there appearance on ebay. How robust are they? What is the handle like? I am really looking forward to good pictures from you.

22nd April 2006, 11:36 AM	#4
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,807	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 .

24th April 2006, 05:40 AM	#6
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 9,951	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! All the best, Jim

26th April 2006, 10:34 PM	#7
Luc LEFEBVRE Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: France Posts: 472	Nice exemple, I have one from the same region, made of leather: http://lulef.free.fr/html/amhara.html Luc