Ly Dumas - Ndop, livre sur les étoffes des cours royales maya njie glass beads

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Taxi Brousse — 30 x 40 cm

Weight: 13g

a traditional fabric that reveals centuries of history

Ly Dumas - Ndop, livre sur les étoffes des cours royales maya njie glass beadsThe Ndop is a traditional and ritual Bamileke cloth, composed of a series of cotton strips sewn together, displaying white geometric patterns on an indigo blue background. These patterns, which represent geometric shapes, animals, stars, or even the sun, carry deep symbolic meaning, making the Ndop a ritual garment associated with secret societies. Thus, wearing the Ndop is of great importance and is not trivial. In Cameroon, this fabric has a