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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Philly
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I have some rawhide and I want to make a few shields. Does anyone have any info on hide shield production in Africa? I am mainly tying to figure out how many of the pronounced bumps and lines were formed on the faces of shields. I am guessing they used some kind of wooden structure, but I am wondering if they used it positive or negative.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: OKLAHOMA, USA
Posts: 3,138
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THERE MAY BE A POST ON HOW THIS IS DONE I KNOW I READ OR SAW SOMETHING SOMEWHERE. IF I WERE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THE ETHIOPIAN SHIELD WITH BUMPS I WOULD MAKE A HUMPED UP FORM OF CLAY AND PLACE ROCKS WHERE I WANTED THE DESIGN BUMPS. LET THE CLAY HARDEN AND THEN STRETCH THE WET HIDE OVER IT AND LASH IT DOWN TIGHTLY. MIGHT NEED TO BUT STONES OR WEIGHTS ON TOP TO MAKE IT CONFORM UNTIL DRY.
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