African Tribal Art - Beaded cache-sex, Mandara Mountains, Cameroon

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African Tribal Art - Beaded cache-sex, Kirdi, Cameroon


Pikuran (cache-sex)
Bana Guili people, Mandara Mountains, Cameroon
Small barrel beads, cotton string, cowrie shells
22" (56 cm) wide by 8" (20 cm) high
Mid 20th century
These colorful cache-sex were worn for celebrations, rituals and rites of passage by women who had reached puberty.
#1643

$600


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