#3536 Ceremonial Skirt Kirdi Beaded Cache Sex Pikuran Cameroon Dresden#plate#china#handpainted# 22" H by 4" w

22" H by 4" w by 3" D

While the pile is low and some areas of the foundation are visible

75" h by 2" w

amazing art work

Superb hand-carved Tibetan elm stand

#3536 Ceremonial Skirt Kirdi Beaded Cache Sex Pikuran Cameroon Dresden#plate#china#handpainted# 22" H by 4" wThis exquisite skirt or apron is meticulously hand beaded with vibrant colors, measuring 17" wide by 9" high. Among certain Cameroonian communities, women traditionally wore pubic aprons, known as 'caches sexes'meaning 'to hide the sex'until around 1961, when laws mandated full clothing. Despite this, the custom endures through elaborately beaded versions still worn today. In the Mandara mountains region, Matakam women crafted these aprons from small