#1423 Vintage Ceremonial Skirt Kirdi Beaded Cache Sex Pikuran Cameroon 18.5" w

This Stunning vintage  Ceremonial Skirt Kirdi Beaded Cache Sex Pikuran Cameroon 18.5" w features superb hand beading with various multicolors in the form of diamond-shaped lines. It measures 18.5" w by 8.5" h and can be hung on the wall, framed, or used to make a pillow. Historically, some Cameroonian groups required women to wear pubic aprons, also known as 'caches sexes' to hide the sex until 1961. The tradition continues in the form of ornate beaded pieces worn today. For instance, women from the Mandara Mountains in northern Cameroon wore pubic aprons made of small iron strips and held in place by a fiber belt.