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the treasure Glasgow's shield The buffalo skin shield, decorated in silver, was returned by an Scottish academic.
The shield had been in her family since it was bought from a dealer by her grandfather in Glasgow in the 1890s. Ms Wilson said: "Throughout my childhood the shield was hanging in the dining room of my parents' house. "Everyone believed it was Scottish but I discovered that I had become, without realising it, the keeper of a small part of Ethiopia's historical heritage and national treasure and decided it should be returned." The academic handed the heirloom over to the Institute of Ethiopian Studies of the University of Addis Ababa at a ceremony at her university. Read more on the return. Current locationInstitute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University |
treasure count: (still counting)468 items still missing 10 items returned search treasure recent discoveries Glasgow's shield Cameronians' cross Reed shirt Lancaster miscellaneous Halifax miscellaneous Throne cloth full list of missing treasure returned treasure see more human remains icons manuscripts military hardware miscellaneous personal effects religious artefacts royal regalia tabots current locations The British Library The British Museum Duke of Wellington's Regimental Museum Halifax Dundee University Museum Edinburgh University Library The John Rylands Uni Library Lancaster Museum & Priory National Archives of Scotland The Schøyen Collection The Victoria & Albert Museum Windsor Castle Other locations powered by Movable Type 2.63 |
Fiona Wilson, professor of history and development studies at the University of Roskilde in Denmark, originally thought it was of Scottish origin.