Lime gourd or penis sheath

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Museum number:
11-37513
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110037513
Accession number:
Acc.1915
Object count:
1
Description:
small pyroengraved gourd, possibly penis sheath
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Upper Sepik River, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Taxon:
Cucurbitaceae
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Penis sheaths
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania