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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4315015, member: 8267"]The hats with the pom-poms on the sides are a type of "prestige" hat worn by kings and high ranking individuals in many of the ethnic groups in Cameroon.</p><p><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/236x/21/b9/7a/21b97a2d724f76f27cb0e9dc0935d91e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/425168021059680197/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/425168021059680197/" rel="nofollow">https://www.pinterest.com/pin/425168021059680197/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I cannot find other examples of the headdress with the flat panels.</p><p><br /></p><p>I cannot see each of the figures really well, but most of them appear to be holding drinking gourds or horns, which are typical regalia for royalty. Necklaces are also signifiers of importance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Without knowing the village the figures came from, I don't think I can speculate further.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4315015, member: 8267"]The hats with the pom-poms on the sides are a type of "prestige" hat worn by kings and high ranking individuals in many of the ethnic groups in Cameroon. [IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/236x/21/b9/7a/21b97a2d724f76f27cb0e9dc0935d91e.jpg[/IMG] [URL]https://www.pinterest.com/pin/425168021059680197/[/URL] I cannot find other examples of the headdress with the flat panels. I cannot see each of the figures really well, but most of them appear to be holding drinking gourds or horns, which are typical regalia for royalty. Necklaces are also signifiers of importance. Without knowing the village the figures came from, I don't think I can speculate further.[/QUOTE]
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