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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1978.43 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name shield Description Oval shield and wooden stick, both decorated with brown and white fur/skin. Nguni cattle are very important in Zulu life and their skins were used to make shields like this one. Two long strips of leather are woven in and out of the slits down the middle of the shield, adding thickness and strength. The handle of the shield is made from long rod passed down the back through lacing strips. Handle projects beyond shield at top and decorated with strip of wild cat fur. Production place Eswatini, Swaziland, Africa Production period Colonial Material wood, fur, hide Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1978.43
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

shield
Description

Oval shield and wooden stick, both decorated with brown and white fur/skin. Nguni cattle are very important in Zulu life and their skins were used to make shields like this one. Two long strips of leather are woven in and out of the slits down the middle of the shield, adding thickness and strength. The handle of the shield is made from long rod passed down the back through lacing strips. Handle projects beyond shield at top and decorated with strip of wild cat fur.
Production place

Eswatini, Swaziland, Africa
Production period

Colonial
Material

wood, fur, hide

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