Cameroon Beaded Shield - Large Oblong - BC02 workshop Wooden sculptures

Wooden sculptures

Made for life outside

1 porcelain plate size Large

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elegant and timeless

Cameroon Beaded Shield - Large Oblong - BC02 workshop Wooden sculpturesHistorically used as a defensive weapon in wartime and displayed as a decorative symbol of status and wealth by the Tikar people in Cameroon. Each shield is carved from a single piece of Baobab wood a sacred wood used for medicinal and ritual purposes for centuries then covered in hundreds of hand placed beads on manila string in a circular pattern around a dimensional cluster of natural cowrie shells at the centre. These decorative shields are one of