The stopper is the figure of a seated Fon wearing a traditional cap and holding a traditional palm wine cup. The mouth of the vessel is carved with double gongs. It is held in a carrier made of white wooden beads and strips of raffia which create sections around the body of the calabash which are carved with images representing events and language as follows: Pope John II's visit to Cameroon, the Messiah Christ the King, Abraham sighting the Promised Land, He brought forth the stream from the rock, Evildoers: the just ruler cutting of evildoers from the Lord's city.