Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 10

Antique Ethiopian Hide Shield

About the Item

An early 20th century Ethiopian animal hide shield with leather knots at the centre securing the crudely formed handle. This piece has significant and attractive wear showing it's age and use. Works very well either hanging on a wall, or mounted on a stand. M204.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 3 in (7.62 cm)Diameter: 26 in (66.04 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1920
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Minor structural damages. Minor fading.
  • Seller Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M2041stDibs: f97241708188300483fs
More From This SellerView All
  • Antique Dancer's Trunk
    Located in New York, NY
    A beautifully weathered leather, elm and cast iron dancer's clothing trunk. With attractive Chinese calligraphy and original heavy cast iron handles. From Xian, circa 1900. CST321.  
    Category

    Early 20th Century Chinese Furniture

    Materials

    Elm, Leather

  • Antique Garment Stand
    Located in New York, NY
    An unusual antique garment Stand in excellent condition. Beautiful patina. Shanxi Province, circa 1850.  
    Category

    Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture

    Materials

    Pine

  • Antique Karen Buddha
    Located in New York, NY
    An unusual Karen Buddha atop red pedestal with Buddhist scripture in Burmese characters. From Burma c. 1900. BH440a
    Category

    Early 20th Century Burmese Sculptures

    Materials

    Wood

  • Antique Chinese Cast Iron Weight
    Located in New York, NY
    A tall, solid cast iron 19th century Chinese weight. Beautifully worn, with original hand forged hanger. A heavy piece with presence and history. Meas...
    Category

    Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

    Materials

    Iron

  • Antique Willow Food Oil Container
    Located in New York, NY
    A classically shaped, hand woven antique willow food oil container from China, Shanxi Province, c. 1900.
    Category

    Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Baskets

    Materials

    Natural Fiber

  • Antique Willow Water Baskets
    Located in New York, NY
    Antique Chinese willow water baskets with original cast iron hardware and sturdy wooden handle. With rounded bottoms. From Shanxi province, circa 1900. P...
    Category

    Early 20th Century Chinese Folk Art More Folk Art

    Materials

    Willow

You May Also Like
  • Kirdi Leather Shield on Custom Wall Mount
    Located in Chicago, IL
    A wonderfully sculptural Kirdi leather shield from Cameroon, with a beautiful geometric pattern that's been 'stamped' into the leather resulting a raise...
    Category

    20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures

    Materials

    Leather

  • Large Antique Horizontal African Textile Shadowbox Wall Hanging
    Located in Delray Beach, FL
    Professionally museum mounted exceptional antique African textile with brown small textile fragments woven into the geometric pattern in raffi...
    Category

    20th Century African Wall-mounted Sculptures

    Materials

    Cotton, Raffia, Lucite, Wood

  • Frontal of Kouri Beef 'Bos taurus belensis'
    Located in Leuven , BE
    Beef from Lake Chad, native to the banks and islands of this lake, is generally called Kouri. Unlike the Zebus, it does not have a hump and its coat is white. Its horns show great va...
    Category

    Late 20th Century Chadian Tribal Art

    Materials

    Bone

  • African Yoruba Painted Gelede Headdress
    Located in Chicago, IL
    This painted mask was created by the Yoruba People of western Nigeria, and was worn during a tradition known as Gelede. A blend of ritual and artistic spectacle, Gelede pays homage to the women of their Community, understood to possess spiritual powers capable of the benefit or the destruction of society. The Gelede masquerade is an opportunity to honor or condemn behaviors within the Community, through dance, art, satire, and poetry. Worn by veiled dancers, Gelede masks...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures

    Materials

    Wood

  • Nigerian Afo Hoe Currency, c. 1900
    Located in Chicago, IL
    In many pre-colonial regions of Africa, iron was so valuable that tools often doubled as currencies for rare but significant transactions. This large iron form is a currency piece from the Afo peoples of northern Nigeria, and is modeled after the blade of a hoe. Used to till the hard soil and harvest crops, the hoe was highly valued as a symbol of the community's reliance on the earth and traditional agriculture. With its clean lines and irregular surface texture, the currency blade...
    Category

    Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Art

    Materials

    Iron

  • Bamun Copper Necklace
    Located in Chicago, IL
    Composed of fifteen miniature heads welded onto a circular form, this intricate necklace is styled after the prestige collars worn by royalty of the Kingdom of Bamum, a pre-colonial ...
    Category

    20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures

    Materials

    Metal

Recently Viewed

View All