Bouclier Abyssin en cuir (tafa), Ethiopie XIXe siècle
A leather Abyssinian shield (tafa), Ethiopia, 19th Century
of conical form with silver-overlaid brass mounts engraved and decorated with vegetal interlace, the central boss with foliate motifs
45 cm. diam.
Footnotes:
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.

For a comparable example, see A. C. Tirri, Islamic Weapons, Maghrib to Moghul, USA, 2003, p. 76, fig. 46.