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Lot 266 Dα

TWO EAST AFRICAN SHIELDS

Auction 1129 - overview Brussels
09.04.2019, 14:00 - African and Oceanic Art
Estimate: 800 € - 1.200 €
Result: 806 € (incl. premium)

TWO EAST AFRICAN SHIELDS
Rwanda and Tanzania

62 and 78.5 cm. long

Provenance

Linden Museum, Stuttgart, inventory numbers 26714 and 15036
The basketwork shield was donated to the museum by Rudolf Gansser in 1902 and the hide shield by Friedrich Robert von Beringe in 1901. Both shields were de-accessioned in 1970.