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Shield, East Africa

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 Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Chaga people
Object type
weapons
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)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1875-1900
    where
    East Africa
    who
    Chaga people
  • Change of physical control
    when
    1875-1938
    where
    Rochlitz
    who

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED
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