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Re: Traditional African shield resembles a Bell Barrow
Dec 08, 2012, 21:21
In this context please note the earring on the Surma woman pictured in the link below :

http://www.flickr.co...157608644175542

It has the same shape as the shield, and comes from the same area, (the Omo valley in Ethiopia) .

My imagination tells me that this earring is intended as a charm to prevent evil spirits from whispering in her ear . If so, it would seem to add to the magical properties believed of this shield-form .
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Re: Traditional African shield resembles a Bell Barrow
Dec 08, 2012, 21:47
harestonesdown wrote:
Fuck knows what this has to do with British pre-history though.


Exactly ! We're all cousins, and the shield design may have traveled north with the diaspora, while being preserved in tribal Africa to modern times .
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