Man's pubic cover made of shield-shaped shell on bark thong

Made:
1881-1920
Man's pubic cover made of shield-shaped shell on bark thong

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Man's pubic cover made of shield-shaped shell on bark thong
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Man's pubic cover made of shield-shaped shell on bark thong, from Aird River, New Guinea, 1881-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A160930
Materials:
shell and bark
type:
pubic covers
credit:
Sothebys