Cache-sexe
Vere people, Cameroon
Bronze alloy
4.5 (11.4 cm) to 2.25 (6.7 cm) inches high
Late 19th century

A set of bronze spikes forms this cache-sexe from the Vere people of Cameroon/northern Nigeria worn by young girls after initiation until marriage. Cf. A World of Belts by Anne Leurquin, pg.39, also pg. 25.
#3537

$450