House of Bamileke · No. 2 · 1 of 1

Mafo

Mafo, front view Mafo, profile view Mafo, back view

Named for the queen mothers of the Bamileke court. Silver ground, lapis features, a single blue band crossing her crown.

She wears the crown knot of the Bamileke women. Molded in Cameroon clay, then covered bead by bead: no two rows land the same way twice, which is why she is an edition of one.

Palette · silver & lapis blue

Character · female

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