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AFRICAN KENYAN KIKUYU TRIBE, JUNIOR WARRIOR INITIATION NDOME. WOOD RITUAL SHIELD
AFRICAN KENYAN KIKUYU TRIBE, JUNIOR WARRIOR INITIATION NDOME. WOOD RITUAL SHIELD
AFRICAN KENYAN KIKUYU TRIBE, JUNIOR WARRIOR INITIATION NDOME. WOOD RITUAL SHIELD
AFRICAN KENYAN KIKUYU TRIBE, JUNIOR WARRIOR INITIATION NDOME. WOOD RITUAL SHIELD
AFRICAN KENYAN KIKUYU TRIBE, JUNIOR WARRIOR INITIATION NDOME. WOOD RITUAL SHIELD
AFRICAN KENYAN KIKUYU TRIBE, JUNIOR WARRIOR INITIATION NDOME. WOOD RITUAL SHIELD
AFRICAN KENYAN KIKUYU TRIBE, JUNIOR WARRIOR INITIATION NDOME. WOOD RITUAL SHIELD
AFRICAN KENYAN KIKUYU TRIBE, JUNIOR WARRIOR INITIATION NDOME. WOOD RITUAL SHIELD
AFRICAN KENYAN KIKUYU TRIBE, JUNIOR WARRIOR INITIATION NDOME. WOOD RITUAL SHIELD
AFRICAN KENYAN KIKUYU TRIBE, JUNIOR WARRIOR INITIATION NDOME. WOOD RITUAL SHIELD
AFRICAN KENYAN KIKUYU TRIBE, JUNIOR WARRIOR INITIATION NDOME. WOOD RITUAL SHIELD
AFRICAN KENYAN KIKUYU TRIBE, JUNIOR WARRIOR INITIATION NDOME. WOOD RITUAL SHIELD

AFRICAN KENYAN KIKUYU TRIBE, JUNIOR WARRIOR INITIATION NDOME. WOOD RITUAL SHIELD

$ 316.8

Availability: 55 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Culture: African
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  • Condition: THE WOOD IS SPLIT AT CUFF. THERE ARE OTHER SPLITS IN WOOD. THIS IS NATURAL TO MOST WOODS. THE SHIELD IS STILL FIRM AND RETAINS ITS INTEGRITY. IF YOU INTEND TO USE IT THEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO STAPLE IT, AS WAS DONE IN OLD DAYS. SHOWS TONS OF WEAR. NICE PATINA. THIS IS NOT A FAKE. PLEASE LOOK AT DETAILS. THANK YOU
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Kenya
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available

    Description

    HAND CARVED, HAND PAINTED AFRICAN KENYAN KIKUYU TRIBE JUNIOR WARRIOR WOOD SHIELD. USED FOR RITUAL DANCES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. HOLE IN CENTER IS FOR YOUNG WARRIOR TO PEER THROUGH. THEY WORE THIS OVER THEIR ARMS. IT IS CARVED WITH SERRATED EDGES AND PAINTED WITH SPECIFIC SYMBOLS OF IMPORTANCE TO THE ADOLESCENT WARRIOR. IT IS ACTUALLY A HEAVY SOLID WOOD OBJECT. NOT LIGHT DRIFT WOOD AS APPEARANCES ARE DECEIVING THIS SHIELD WEIGHS JUST A BIT OVER 9 LBS. THE SHIELD SHOWS ITS HISTORY. THE WEAR PATTERNS GIVE IT LIFE. KNOWING. IT STILL HAS ITS ORIGINAL 2 INCH POINT AT BOTTOM. THE WOOD FEELS SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH IN MOST PLACES, ESPECIALLY AROUND CUFF. THE SHIELD IS 28 INCHES IN LENGTH X 16 INCHES IN WIDTH. THE FRONT APPEARS TO HAVE A LEOPARD PATTERN WITH A STAR ON ONE SIDE WITH A SERRATED BLACK WHITE PATTERN ON OTHER. IT IS ALL CARVED (STAR AND SERRATED SYMBOLS) AND PAINTED OVER. NICE PIECE TO DISPLAY AND APPRECIATE.
    IF ANY OF THESE STATEMENTS ARE WRONG, PLEASE MESSAGE ME. I APPRECIATE IT!!!
    YOU ARE GETTING EXACTLY WHAT IS IN PHOTOS NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. YOU WILL BE GETTING THE ITEM IN THE EXACT CONDITION AS YOU SEE IT.
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    During initiation as junior warriors, young Kikuyu boys would paint their faces and bodies and wear on their upper arms painted wooden shields called
    ndome
    , . . . As senior warriors, they would adopt similar designs to signal their association with their age peers and to mark their collective local origin. Characteristic features of
    ndome
    shields are the carved and painted series of serrated grooves in the form of a crescent on the reverse side and a small hole in the center through which the dancer may peer. Patterns on the obverse side traditionally followed the shape of an eye or eyelid. Craftsmen called
    muumburo
    , or the initiates themselves, scraped, redesigned and repainted these shields, which the initiates customarily inherited like treasured heirlooms from older male members of their family.