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>>1885 Mahdist nasir
>>>shield
Subject: ناصر nāṣir 'helper' cavalry
Culture: Sudanese
Setting: Mahdist states, 1880s-1910s
Object: shield







* ​Higgins Armory Museum > Scimitars to Samurai: Arms around the World
"Kalkan (one-handed shield), 1800s 
 probably Turkish 
 Wood; textile; leather; iron; brass" ...

​ National Museum of Ireland -- Decorative Arts and History > Soldiers and Chiefs: The Irish at War at Home and Abroad since 1550 *
"Sudanese 'Dervish' Shield" ...