The Beads of Cameroon
2013
Directed by André Pelle
Collection From Africa to India
The different stages in the manufacture of royal furnishings and ceremonial masks completely covered with tiny glass beads are followed through interviews with Paul Tahbou, court artist, and Ambroise Flaubert Taboue Nouaye, director of the Museum of Civilisations of Dschang. These objects, very much part of the Bamileke region and especially of the Kingdom of Bandjoun, are the fruits of a long tradition that has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years.