A Fine ‘Tanala’ Shield ‘Ampinga’

Covered with a finely marked ‘Hide’ Zebra ‘Equus quagga’
Areas of wear through use and fine patina to reverse
Madagascar
Late 19th Century

PROVENANCE:
Ex Keith Gormley, England
Ex Edric Van Vredenburgh collection

cf: Joseph Mueller Collection, Geneva, inventory no. BMG1030 - 17 and Finch and Co no. 71, catalogue 31, 2018, for another example