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Shield, East Africa
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Almond-shaped shield made from a wooden frame, straps and buffalo or giraffe leather covering without coloured colour finish. The leather covering is heavily discoloured due to drying. The shield was probably part of the armour of a warrior from the tribe of the Dschagga on Kilimanjaro in present-day Tanzania. Attached to the object is historical identification card labelled "N° 1 W" is attached to the object. The object is part of the estate of the Chief Surgeon General Georg Wilke (*1859 Dresden +1938 Rochlitz), which, as part of the collection after his death to the teaching collection of the Rochlitz secondary school and was transferred to the school in Rochlitz and was transferred to the collection of Rochlitz Castle in the 1960s. in the 1960s.

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Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsen. Schloss Rochlitz
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Object type
Weapon
Dimensions
H x W x D: 121 cm x 47 cm x 14 cm cm
Material/Technique
Leather, wood, raffia
Current location
State palaces, castles and gardens of Saxony gGmbH, Rochlitz Castle
Inventory number
Roc_E_VI_000058
Related object(s)
Link : Wissensportal SBG
Link : Schlösserland Sachsen
Link : Schloss Rochlitz

Provenance and sources

when
1875-1900
where
East Africa
who
Chaga people
when
1875-1938
where
Rochlitz
who
Georg Wilke

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