Cameroon Shield - L - 55cm - White Textiles Origin: South America

Origin: South America

Fang people

Size: 2 pint capacity

Size: 40 × 40cm

Approx size:- 21cmH x 11cmW

Cameroon Shield - L - 55cm - White Textiles Origin: South AmericaHistorically used as a defensive weapon in wartime and displayed as a decorative symbol of status and wealth by the Tikar people in Cameroon. Meticulously crafted, carved from one solid piece of Baobab wood, a sacred wood used for medicinal and ritual purposes for centuries, this large shield boasts hundreds of hand placed beads on manila string in a circular pattern around a dimensional cluster of natural cowrie shells in the centre. These decorative