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    • Cameroon Tikar shield with hand-stitched mud cloth and cowrie shells
    Cameroon mud cloth and cowrie shield — detail of the cloth and shells
    Cameroon mud cloth and cowrie shield — side view
    Cameroon Tikar shield with hand-stitched mud cloth and cowrie shells
    Cameroon mud cloth and cowrie shield — detail of the cloth and shells
    Cameroon mud cloth and cowrie shield — side view

    Cameroon Shield Mud cloth 30cm

    £175.00
    BB Club Price: £157.50

    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 — and faced with traditionally hand-stitched pieces of mud cloth, finished with natural cowrie shells.

    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. 34cm diameter.

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