Elliptical shield-stick
19th century A.D.
Elephant skin (?), black colour
Sudan
This shield, elliptical in shape with elongated, pointed ends, belongs to the stick-shield type. A wooden rod was in fact inserted into the inner central groove and fixed at four points by means of leather strips passing through the thickness of the leather, and the rod acted as a handle.
Kaskara sword
metal alloy and wood
Aswan
On his return to Egypt from Nubia on 19 February 1829, Giuseppe Acerbi bought this sword, a shield and various antiquities in Aswan.
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