Nice shield.
In "Shields" by Benitez and Barbier there is a Sudan shield on page 94 made also of similar "soft" turtle shell.
That book refers to it as possibly the shell of "Cyclanorbis Elegans".
Ps. a small anekdote.
6 years ago I saw a small Indian turtle shell shield for sale in London.
Examining that shield learned me that is was made of a kind of handmade carton, modelled and painted / lacquered to look like turtle shell.
Sadly the Pound / Euro exchange rate made it too expensive to buy it for fun.
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