Beaded loin cloth/cache sex, 20th C.Glass beads, cowrie shells, cotton threadModesty aprons were wor
Beaded loin cloth/cache sex, 20th C.Glass beads, cowrie shells, cotton threadModesty aprons were worn in Cameroon by young girls during dances, harvest festivals and rites of passage rituals, such as marriage ceremonies and puberty celebrations. Cowrie shells, symbols of fertility and spiritual protection, were often attached to the bottom of the aprons.Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields -- source link
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