Grass basketry penis sheath
- Made:
- 1900-1930 in South Africa
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Grass basketry penis sheath, bottle shaped, finely woven, worn as a protection against river blindness, originally glued to a display board, Zulu tribe (?), Africa, 1900-1936
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657298
- Materials:
- grass, cane and display board, card
- type:
- penis sheath
- credit:
- Glendining
