Object Number | AF275 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Akikuyu |
Provenience | Kenya |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Initiate's dancing shield of wood. The coloring of AF275 is in bands of dark or light brown or white, embracing one or more incised bands of dog's-tooth ornament. On the obverse, there are ridges in relief, on each side of the central ridge is a double curved band of painted dog's-tooth (dark brown and red), the two rows of "teeth" turned in opposite directions, the inside of each curve being towards the central ridge. See AF2889. |
Height | 9 cm |
Length | 62 cm |
Width | 48 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1911 |
Other Number | 15138 - Dealer's Number |
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