Live Auction 1546The Raglan Collection: Wellington, Waterloo and The Crimea And Works of Art from the Collection of the Marquesses of Londonderry
THREE LEATHER SHIELDS
Lot 272

THREE LEATHER SHIELDS

EAST AFRICA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed23 May 2014

Price Realised

GBP 1,750

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THREE LEATHER SHIELDS
EAST AFRICA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Three ancient battle shields from East Africa; together with a leather fan
56 in. (143 cm.) high; and smaller

The following items from this lot were loaned to at the Sudan Government Museum on 30 April 1918 under the following descriptions:
1. Lotuko shield; 2. Acholi shield.