Cameroon Beaded Shield - 78.4 City Life Safari Style draws the heart

Safari Style draws the heart

handcrafted by the Pygmy people from the lush jungles straddling the Congo and Cameroon

textured sides

Size: 42cm D x 20cm H

Cameroon Beaded Shield - 78.4 City Life Safari Style draws the heartHistorically 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 center. These decorative