Plaited palm leaf penis sheath shapedlike a bishop's mitre

Plaited palm leaf penis sheath shapedlike a bishop's mitre Plaited palm leaf penis sheath shapedlike a bishop's mitre

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Plaited palm leaf penis sheath shapedlike a bishop's mitre
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Plaited palm leaf penis sheath shapedlike a bishop's mitre
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Plaited palm leaf penis sheath shapedlike a bishop's mitre, worn as protection against river blindness, Bakuba tribe, Congolese, 1890-1918

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657290
type:
penis sheaths
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)