One of the most widely recognized objects in Grassland costuming tradition, the elephant mask (tu pun) combines the potent iconography of this animal with the use of imported glass seed beads, a rare and expensive trade good. The elephant mask empowers the members of the Kuosi society, composed of royals, wealthy titleholders, and warriors, during their biannual celebrations and death ceremonies. Further protecting this mask's wearer are talismans of carved wood covered in cloth sewn to the crown. The mask is shown with a tunic; the fabric is most likely imported from Nigeria, as determined by its coarser weave, wider strip-woven panels, and simpler decorative patterning. More common to Cameroon are tunics dyed in a stitch-resist technique, and the cloth is referred to as ndop. The fabric on this tunic, however, is dyed in a paste-resist technique common to Nigeria that simulates the ndop cloth.