7th May, 2014 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria: The John Woodman Higgins Armoury Collection
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**AN EAST AFRICAN SHIELD
**AN EAST AFRICAN SHIELD, SOMALIA, 19TH CENTURY
of strongly convex circular form, the outer surface tooled and rising to a low domed finial, the interior fitted with a robust enarme
50.5 cm; 19 ¾ in diameter
Provenance
Albert R. Louis, sold Walpole Galleries, New York, 22 February 1927, lot 149
JWHA Inv. No. 119
Sold for £160
**AN EAST AFRICAN SHIELD, SOMALIA, 19TH CENTURY
of strongly convex circular form, the outer surface tooled and rising to a low domed finial, the interior fitted with a robust enarme
50.5 cm; 19 ¾ in diameter
Provenance
Albert R. Louis, sold Walpole Galleries, New York, 22 February 1927, lot 149
JWHA Inv. No. 119
