Wooden penis pin

SMG00166972

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Wooden penis pin, "ampallang" in vernacular, with silver filigree end pieces, one missing, from Borneo, 1880-1925 (Sir Henry William Peek Collection).

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A193761
Materials:
wood and silver
type:
penis pins
credit:
Glendining