Cameroon Beaded Shield - L - 55cm Miniature Figures Bromeliads

Bromeliads

OMO 34 - Mursi woman II

Size:  160cm x 100cm

Colours available:  Dark Blue Or Orange background with the same images of crocodiles

Watering: Likes to be kept moist

Cameroon Beaded Shield - L - 55cm Miniature Figures BromeliadsHistorically 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