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Cameroon Beaded Shield 67.1
£235.00
Historically 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-a-kind, collaboratively crafted by a large group of people, making each piece both unique and communal.
Size: approx. 54cm H × 40cm W × 18cm L.
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