Shield - Tanzania, Kerewe
light wood, pigments, rattan,
The Kerewe mainly live on Ukerewe, which is the largest island in the southeast section of Lake Victoria. The production and use of these lightweight wood shields, according to Plaschke / Zirngibl, probably ended in the first decades of the 20th century. Travellers to these islands in Lake Victoria reported around 1940 that they were hardly any longer to be found.
H: 116 cm, H: 45,7 inch
Provenance:
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
Lit.: Baur, Ivan & Jan Elsen, Guba, Brussels 2002, p. 30, ill. 1
Condition
See description
light wood, pigments, rattan,
The Kerewe mainly live on Ukerewe, which is the largest island in the southeast section of Lake Victoria. The production and use of these lightweight wood shields, according to Plaschke / Zirngibl, probably ended in the first decades of the 20th century. Travellers to these islands in Lake Victoria reported around 1940 that they were hardly any longer to be found.
H: 116 cm, H: 45,7 inch
Provenance:
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
Lit.: Baur, Ivan & Jan Elsen, Guba, Brussels 2002, p. 30, ill. 1
Condition
See description
