Qing military rattan shield production

Translation of a page from Qing regulations that describes the production of the Qing military rattan shield.

Thai wooden shield

Made of lacquered wood, it depicts a Chinese-style tiger.

Persian wootz armor set

Consisting of shield, helmet and arm protector.

Sipar (سپر/सीपर)

Persian word for shield.

Large sipar fouladi (wootz shield)

North Indian shield entirely made of wootz, including its bosses.

Vietnamese wooden shield

Rare type of rectangular wooden shield from Vietnam.

Rare Santali shield

Peculiar shield with catching hook, used by the Santali people of Bengal.

Early Indian shield

Made of thick lacquered hide, with a single brass boss

Chinese tiger shield

A large Chinese rattan shield called tengpai, used by special front-line troops.

Signed Chinese rattan shield

This one has the early, peaked form and is signed by its maker.

Ceremonial peurise teumaga

Cast brass shield of a ceremonial type that was used during sword dances in Aceh.

Ottoman Kurdish kalkan

A small, heavily reinforced buckler as used by Ottoman Kurdish infantry.

An unusual ḍhāl

A translucent hide shield with gilt brass ornaments. Probably Nepalese of for a Nepalese client.

Ḍhāl (ढाल)

Hindi word for shield.

Téngpái (藤牌)

The Chinese rattan shield

Chinese téngpái

The famous tiger faced rattan shield as used by Chinese skirmishers.

Sēn shèng (森盛)

A Chinese rattan shield maker from Shanghai.

Khiên (盾)

The Vietnamese word for a circular shield of rattan, much like the téngpái (藤牌) of China.

Indian signed dhal from Gujarat

An interesting Indian dhal, a small shield that was signed by its maker from Gujarat.

Vietnamese rattan shield

Called khiên in Vietnamese.

Making a Chinese rattan shield

Ever since I acquired an antique Chinese tengpai (籐牌) or "rattan shield" I had been want