NDUMU/ONDOUMBO, Haut Ogooué, Gabon.
NDUMU/ONDOUMBO, Haut Ogooué, Gabon. Woven basketwork shield with leather flaps; on the reverse, a rectangular wooden plaque and the handle. Late 19th–early 20th century. 126.5 x 42.5 cm. (minor damage and missing sections). Note: See a very similar example of the same age in the collections of the Musée du Quai Branly–Jacques Chirac (No. 71.1884.37.60). Provenance: Part of a collection of objects gathered in situ in the very early 20th century by the colonial consulting engineer Laurent Schlüssel (according to family tradition). Note: The label lists “L. Schussel” as the exhibitor’s name. The Ministry of the Colonies’ archives on colonial personnel confirm the presence of Laurent Ernest Schlüssel as a colonial engineer. He was a department head in 1885.
[ translate ]NDUMU/ONDOUMBO, Haut Ogooué, Gabon. Woven basketwork shield with leather flaps; on the reverse, a rectangular wooden plaque and the handle. Late 19th–early 20th century. 126.5 x 42.5 cm. (minor damage and missing sections). Note: See a very similar example of the same age in the collections of the Musée du Quai Branly–Jacques Chirac (No. 71.1884.37.60). Provenance: Part of a collection of objects gathered in situ in the very early 20th century by the colonial consulting engineer Laurent Schlüssel (according to family tradition). Note: The label lists “L. Schussel” as the exhibitor’s name. The Ministry of the Colonies’ archives on colonial personnel confirm the presence of Laurent Ernest Schlüssel as a colonial engineer. He was a department head in 1885.
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