Tribal Weapons
Shilluk shield with short spear, Sudan
Shilluk shield with short spear, Sudan
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Shilluk shield with a fixed short spear handle. The shield is made of a soft shell turtle. The shield is decorated with leather straps with intertwined aluminium strips. The spear is decorated with reptile skin and has a forged iron spiral around the bottom end. Two similar shields with same decoration is in the collection of National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden.
800 €