Bamoun Royal Beds

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The Bamoun, a dynamic race conquered their way from North Africa two or three centuries ago to settle in the high plains of Cameroon. The Bamoun have many attributes, one being highly gifted artisans. Their workings are some of the most elaborate, intricate and lavishly detailed pieces in all of Africa. Only the most superior of Bamoun artists are called upon to create Royal Court art; objects whose function is spiritually connected and utilized only by the members of the Royal family. The object on display is of a Royal bed. This selection is used exclusively by the king when he is faced with a difficult problem or dilemma. It is believed that when he lies down on the bed with problems on his mind that the ancestors will come to him in his sleep and resolve the issues for him. The ancestors are usually carved in a pronounce manner around the bottom of the foundation of the bed and can, when there is a headrest area surround, the “pillow" along with other royal court figures such as a lion or spider. The Cameroon beds are carved from one single section of hard wood.

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Bamoun Royal Bed: Lattice

This extremely well crafted bed features a double lizard headrest and a unique, intensely intricate, wooden lattice pattern that surrounds the entire frame! The selection as with all Bamoun beds, was carved from one solid piece of hard native wood.

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Dimensions: 62 inches long x 13 3/4 inches tall. The bed tapers from 18 inches wide at the top to 16 inches at the bottom.

Headrest top

Lizards represent virility and are reserved only for royal usage. Each lizard measures 9 inches in length.

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