MAASAI SHIELD 12


MAASAI, SHIELD 12, Kenya, 20", $125, © Tim Hamill

These shields are made of cattle hide (the Maasai are herdsmen), stretched on a bent wood frame, then shaved and/or painted into unique patterns. This example has no hair on the leather.

 

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