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A RARE DAYAK SHIELD

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
A RARE DAYAK SHIELD
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 15 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 650 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will a
Of characteristic form, carved from a single large section of wood with raised central ridge. The obverse surface painted overall with organic pigments, depicting an aso dragon with wild, staring eyes, lengthy fangs and complex tentacles. The reverse with integral grip.First half of the 20th century.Worn overall with cracks and losses.Overall length 93 cm.
Condition IV