With the change of material we perceive a decided increase of magnitude, the diameter of the wicker buckler being often fully half the warrior's height, or not much short of three feet.
Convex shields, generally of an oblong form, were also in common use during the later period, and one kind is found in the very earliest sculptures.

This is of small dimensions and of a clumsy make.

Its curve is slight, and it is generally ornamented with a perpendicular row of spikes or teeth, in the centre of which we often see the head of a lion.
[PLATE CII., Fig.

2.] The convex shields of later date were very much larger than these.
[PLATE CIII., Fig.

3.] They were sometimes square at bottom and rounded at top, in which case they were either made of wickerwork, or (apparently) of metal.