Mafa Loin Ornament with Reddish Loop

While these are sometimes called cache-sexes, they are not exactly loin covers. Often, these were worn as part of a loin-covering ensemble that may include spun fiber, grass, cloth or fresh leaves. These items are a decorative element therein. In A World of Belts, Anne Leurquin writes that this style is “the most original type used in North Cameroon. It is discreetly erotic, its perfect shape suggesting the mound of Venus under the woman’s skirt,” p. 283.

14″

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