stunning beaded royal head - Bamileke - Cameroon (No Reserve Price)

Bamiléké beaded royal head

Coming from the regions called Cameroonian Grasslands, in which chiefdoms are surrounded by beaded African art objects illustrating the wealth and prestige of royalty, this terracotta head is covered with thousands of multicolored beads, arranged in particularly contrasting tones. lively. This royal art consists of masks, statues and prestigious objects to which pearls
give a certain shine.

Located in the border region of Nigeria, the North-West province of Cameroon, Grassland is made up of several ethnic groups: Tikar, Anyang, Widekum, Chamba, Bamoun and Bamileke. Several centralized chiefdoms, or kingdoms, based on customary associations, secret societies, are organized around the Fon who would have broad supernatural powers including that of being able to transform into animals such as the python, the elephant, the leopard, or the buffalo. Religious leader, he is also judge and war leader. His position, however, includes numerous obligations that he owed himself
to fulfill so as not to be put to death.