Shield Item Number: K4.356 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Shield with overall convex oval shape made from dark brown skin sewn with strips of skin to a bent wooden frame. There is a length of wood attached at the reverse that is bent at the centre to form a handle and secured with skin straps. There is a circular piece of skin with a toothed edge between the handle and the top skin surface.
History Of Use
Possibly an old Maasai shield; called elongo.
Item History
- Made in Kenya ? or Tanzania ?
- Owned by Basil G. Hamilton and Mary E. Crawford
- Owned by B.C. Provincial Museum before February 1954
- Received from B.C. Provincial Museum (Transferring institution) during February 1954
What
- Name
- Shield
- Identification Number
- K4.356
- Type of Item
- shield
- Material
- buffalo skin ? and wood
- Overall
- height 97.5 cm, width 50.0 cm, depth 13.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Maasai ?
- Previous Owner
- Basil G. Hamilton, Mary E. Crawford and B.C. Provincial Museum
- Received from
- B.C. Provincial Museum (Transferring institution)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Kenya ? or Tanzania ?
When
- Ownership Date
- before February 1954
- Acquisition Date
- during February 1954
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1856/0003