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The Depository documents 5 techniques in Cameroon; by risk level: 2 critically endangered, 2 vulnerable, 1 stable. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
The smelting and forging of iron by the Babungo chiefdom of the Ndop Plain, Northwest Grassfields of Cameroon, identified through dedicated archaeological survey as the largest single recorded center of iron production ever documented in…
The lost-wax casting of bronze, brass, and silver sculpture by artisan communities in Foumban, capital of the historic Bamum kingdom and known as Cameroon's 'City of Arts,' in the country's Western Region.
The production of clay pots and decorative jars by traditional potters of Bamessing (also Bamessing-Nsei), a village in the Ngoketunjia division of Cameroon's Northwest Region, located along the Bamenda Ring Road roughly 38 kilometers from…
The carving of wooden masks and royal regalia, subsequently covered entirely or partially in small glass beads, practiced across the multiple named chiefdoms of Cameroon's Western Grassfields, most prominently the Bamileke and Bamum.
The production of ndop, an indigo resist-dyed prestige cloth central to the political and spiritual life of the Bamileke, Bamum, and Bamenda peoples of Cameroon's Western Grassfields, historically manufactured through an unusually…