Monumental Royal Display Ndop Cloth (ntieya) with Leopards

1880–1900 Overall: 100 x 900 cm (39 3/8 x 354 5/16 in.)
https://clevelandart.org/art/2025.274

Staggeringly large ndop royal display cloths were meant to impress in the Cameroon Grassfields kingdoms. Large-scale royal ntieya, like this example, are the rarest in the ndop genre. Paired leopards stalk across its length, one of the primary symbols of Grassfields leaders. T...

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