Penis sheath made from fine grasses and constructed in basketwork form

Made:
1900-1930
Penis sheath made from fine grasses and constructed in

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Penis sheath made from fine grasses and constructed in
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Penis sheath made from fine grasses and constructed in basketwork form, stiff coneal cover tapering to apex, worn for protection against river blindness, Swaziland (?), 1900-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657297
Materials:
grass
type:
penis sheaths