Familiarize yourself with this new decorative object. Juju Hat, a traditional Cameroonian headdress, has left heads to dress the walls of its feathers. Focus on a trendy piece, which accompanies the lasting interest of decoration for African crafts.
To give relief to your walls and change traditional decorative frames, Juju Hat is your ally! What is a juju hat? How to use it in decoration? How to fix it or even clean it? How to make it yourself? You will know everything (or almost).
Where does Juju Hat come from?
Traditional Bamileke tribe of Cameroon, Juju Hat (or Bamiléké Hat or Tyn Hat) has been made for hundreds of years to dress the heads of chiefs, royal families, high dignitaries or African dancers and is a symbol of wealth and prosperity. It is often worn, during ceremonies, with a MTENG MTEN, this traditional mask representing an elephant. Real craft object, Juju Hat is made up of hens and exotic birds hung on wooden strips held by a base (placed on the head, or hung in front of the wall) in dried and woven grass or raffia. Unloaded from its meaning, Juju Hat has left the heads to seduce the decor and hang on to the walls. Accompanying attention around craft parts and the African continent, he becomes more and more present in bohemian, ethnic-chic atmospheres and lends himself perfectly to the mix and match.
Element of decoration itself, Juju Hat has the advantage ofBring colors, texture and volume to the wall without distorting it. During staging spotted on Pinterest or in decoration magazines, you will often see the Juju Hat at the top of the original bed, hanging over a sofa or in Composition with models of different sizes and colors. It is very often when presented in constellation, with different models, that Juju Hat reveals all its beauty, but the high blow of these caps can put off. So do not hesitate to Mix your cap with other craft objects and braided fiber parts (Small masks, cups hanging on the wall …). On the style side, do not be afraid to integrate it into all the decorations (or almost). It can bring an ethnic touch to a conventional or industrial interior, easily agree to a typical Scandinavian decoration and comes to modernize an interior with Haussmann architecture. To be sure not to commit an odd, choose a juju hat whose color goes to the atmosphere of your room. And if not, Create all the decor around this strong roomin an entrance, a climb of stairs or a corridor for example.
To fix the juju hat on the wall, just pass a string at the back of the capsurrounding it around the base. Then use a piece of this string to place the Juju Hat on a nail on the wall. Make sure the grip is solid enough to support the weight of the cap.
Are you afraid of not knowing how to clean your Juju Hat once installed on the wall? Don’t panic, it’s very simple. Just juju hat with a feather. You can also blow on the decorative object to eliminate dust or use a hair dryer held at a good distance and in cold mode.
Where to buy a juju hat?
This headdress being a traditional object and an integral part of the culture of a tribe, it is thatIt remains a room that we collect and which retains the know-how of the Bamileke. If you do not make a detour by a Cameroon market, it is therefore via second -hand dealers like Selency or Etsy or specialized sellers such as Juju Hat Home which works directly with local Cameroonian producers or the Emweg and Kronbali brands which make their models produce. On the other hand, you will find models inspired by Juju Hat in the decoration signs like Maisons du Monde.
Do you want to create your own wall decoration by inspiring you? It is quite possible. It will then be necessary to bring you many feathers (there are also ribbons of feathers to facilitate work), a piece of cardboard, staples or a glue pistol. You will cut the box in circles in the format you want and then fix the feathers around the cardboard. Once the circle is finished, you will start the operation again by progressing towards the center of the circle, by overlapping the feathers as you go. At the end, fix a ring on the back of the cardboard and you can hang it on the wall easily.
