Metadata: Mask
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Gogo, attributed to | Manufacturer
- Title:
- Shield of the Algogo
- Date:
- 1800 (?) - before 1893
- Inventory Number:
- 1898-013/050
- Collection:
- Non european collections
- Domain:
- Africa
- Armurerie
- Designation:
- Shield
- Iconography:
- Geometric form ornament
- Material | Technique:
- Mixed technique; Leather; Wood
- Description:
- Old shape, semi-circular. Made of tanned skin and dyed black, it has a small protrusion in the middle large enough to allow the warrior to pass his hand through the hollow formed on the opposite side by the protrusion; a wooden rod, attached by six leather straps, is located inside, allowing the shield to be carried. - Descriptive inventory by Nicolas Van Werveke of the Spring ethnographic collection. N.B.: this is a faithful transcription of Van Werveke's inventory, the terms used in 1898 have not been modified, even those whose use is considered critical today.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Acquisition date:
- 1898
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tina Pfeifer
