£380
SUDANESE ARAB SHIELD
the hide shield with four central metal bosses, with handle to the reverse, decoration restored
PROVENANCE: Private Dorset Collection.
NOTE: By repute this shield was formerly in the collection of General Charles George Gordon (1833-1885). Gordon was killed whilst defending the city of Khartoum in 1885.
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