SHIELD

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

SHIELD

Entry/Object ID

356/14788

Description

HIDE STRETCHED OVER FRAME/PAINTED GEO DES ON FRONT/HIDE STRETCHED OVER FRAME/PAINTED GEO DES ON FRONT/HANDLE ON BACK

Collection

ETHNOGRAPHIC/AFRICA

Made/Created

Place

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

East Africa

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Maasai

African

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Shield

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Armor

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Dimensions

Width

39 in

Length

24 in

Parts

Count

Materials

Material

HIDE, Wood

Material Notes

Buffalo hide stretched over wooden frame. Attached with leather from goat. Paint is red ocher mixed with buffalo blood for red. Burnt animal bones mixed with blood for black. White would be a special pigment made from clays.

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Overall Condition

Good

Web Links and URLs

https://www.exploringoverland.com/explore-maasai-1, https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-elongo-the-power-of-the-maasai-shield/VAISgEywZgThIQ, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/311103

Research Notes

Notes

Probably collected when the Wyeth family was on safari in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.