Cameroon Beaded Shield - L - 55cm black and white joined-description-fields A bright room is best

A bright room is best

Zen-like simplicity to any room

An inside floor from fibre board wrapped in fabric strengthens the design to stand up with brass studs on the bottom

used to honour the deceased — the rows of triangular chip-carved patterns and the two triangular cut-outs near the top represent the hips of a person

Babanki etc

Cameroon Beaded Shield - L - 55cm black and white joined-description-fields A bright room is bestHistorically 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 and natural cowrie shells in the centre. These decorative shields are one of a kind, collaboratively crafted by a