Cameroon Beaded Shield - Oblong - 17D Sweet Placemats - Original Food Photography

Placemats - Original Food Photography and Styling featuring Pomegranates in a Baking Tray design

Haws have been making classic watering cans since 1886

sideboard or hallway

Later the clay exterior is broken open to reveal the finished metal artefact beneath

The first serving is called “Abol Buna” or “Awel”

Cameroon Beaded Shield - Oblong - 17D Sweet Placemats - Original Food PhotographyHistorically used as a defensive weapon in wartime and displayed as a decorative symbol of status and wealth by the Tikar people in Cameroon. Each shield is carved from a single piece of Baobab wood a sacred wood used for medicinal and ritual purposes for centuries then covered in hundreds of hand placed beads on manila string in a circular pattern around a dimensional cluster of natural cowrie shells at the centre. These decorative shields are one of