Shield
Title
Shield
Description
Curved dark brown wooden shield with a pattern of porcelain shard inlays in the front and a handle in the back. Twelve of the shard inlays are missing and two are only partially intact
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Alternative Title
salawaku
Provenance
Donated to the museum by "O. Lotichius" (presumably Otto Lotichius) in 1933. Until 02/2025, O. Lotichius was not mentioned and the receipt of the object was recorded as purchase in the database. However, the inventory book clearly indicated a donation by O. Lotichius.
Place of Creation
Seram (Central)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
107 x 11 cm
Materials
Wood, procelain shards
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
29152
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Shield,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed December 30, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/370.
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