A Batammaliba Shield, Togo and Benin Northern region, of circular form with a conical leather covered "horn" in the center; leather, fabric, bone. Authentic shields, which haven´t decorative instead of functional purpose become rare nowday.

Shields, Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania: From the Collection of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, by Benitez & Barbier. Prestel, 2000; 36

180 - 200,- Euro

Diameter: 32 cm

Map showing the Batammaliba homeland
along theborder between Togo and Benin
Source: Shields, Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania: From the Collection of the Barbier-Mueller Museum

Batammaliba men staging a fight, one with the characteristic conical basketeryshield and the other
using a bow and arrow. Photo Gert Chesi

A Batammaliba Shield, 35 cm, basketerym, leather-covered wood, Diameter 35 cm, Babier-Mueller Collection