240867 - Extremely Rare African Luo shield - Kenia.
This is fabulous authentic and extremely rare African Luo shield dates to the mid 20th century.
This one is in just excellent condition and is of museum quality.
Dimensions: Length of the leather section of the shield is 65 cm and the width at the widest point is 33 cm.
This Luo shield is from the mid of the 20th century and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
The distinctively shaped Luo shield were made with buffalo hide, during that period, the shields were primarily war weapons and less ritual objects they are today. The shields are geometrically decorated, with light and dark contrasting designs.There are two main shield forms.Such shields are very expensive and very rare. So for this reason the not so rich men had a smaller oval shield, also decorated with geometrically clan designs.Today these shields are used in the Luo funeral ceremony of driving away death known as “tero buru”