Antique Indo Persian Sub-sahara African Shield -khartoum Sudan Touraeg

COURTEOUS COMMENTS & CORRECTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME! This is an offering of a. HARD TO TOTALLY IDENTIFY, BUT VERY TYPICAL OF THE INDO-PERSIAN PATTERNS USED IN AFRICA AS FAR NORTH AS TOURAEG COUNTRY AND AS FAR EAST AS THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT. IF THE RED ON THE OBVERSE OF THE SHIELD IS A MALTESE CROSS, IT MIGHT EVEN BE FROM ETHOPIA - WHO KNOWS? THIS ONE CAME FROM ENGLAND AFTER WWII VIA A VET AND HAS NEVER BEEN OFFERED FOR SALE BEFORE.

THE ANECDOTAL STORY IS THAT IT WAS SUDANESE FROM THE KHARTOUM REBELLION DURING WHICH THE WELL KNOWN GENERAL "GORDON - PASHA" WAS KILLED BY THE REBELS; SUPPOSEDLY THIS WAS HANGING IN ON A PUB WALL AT THE TIME THE G. GREAT STORY, BUT NO PROOF : MEASURES ABOUT 14 IN DIAMETER.

AS YOU SEE, ONE OF THE CLOTH HANDLES HAS COME OFF THE ATTACHING RING, BUT OTHERWISE THE SHIELD IS INTACT, NEAT AND ORIGINAL. The item "ANTIQUE INDO PERSIAN SUB-SAHARA AFRICAN SHIELD -KHARTOUM SUDAN TOURAEG" is in sale since Monday, October 30, 2017. This item is in the category "Antiques\Asian Antiques\Middle East".

The seller is "afeldman" and is located in Tampa, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.