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I have the strong presumption, even if I am not sure, that these shields come from the LUO, a people that lives both in Kenya and in Tanzania. 
 Like the MASAI, they craft their shields with bovine skin, with the difference that the hair on the skin was not entirely removed, but only on the parts of the shield decorated with kaolin. 


 After the funeral dance, the shields were placed on the grave of the deceased to frighten away the spirits. 
 The motifs are not related to the clan. 



The large shield is 80 cm high and 40 cm wide, and the small shield is 66 cm high and 32 cm wide.

Second half of the 20th century - In good condition

2 ritual MASAI shields.

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