Plaited palm leaf penis sheath
- Made:
- 1910-1930 in Democratic Republic of Congo
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Plaited palm leaf penis sheath, shaped like a bishop's mitre
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Plaited palm leaf penis sheath, shaped like a bishop's mitre, worn to prevent river blindness, Bakuba tribe, Congo, 1910-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657292
- Materials:
- palm
- type:
- penis sheaths
