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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 |
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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.
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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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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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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 |
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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!!
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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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