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>Costume Studies
>>1900 Somali wadaad
>>>shield
Subject: wadaad tribal sheikh / warrior
Culture: Somali
Setting: British, Italian invasions, Somaliland 1880-1920
Object: gãschãn shield








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* American Museum of Natural History > Hall of African Peoples
"Persian shield compared with one from East Africa (Somali)."
[CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION: Does the "Persian" shield here resemble known Persian shields of the time?]





* National Museum of Natural History > African Voices
"Shield and spear, 
20th century"