Penis sheath

Museum number:
5-3024a-c
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
206 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Penis sheaths; unidentified fiber, plant; not made from traditional material. A) 3 1/4'' (9cm). B) 3'' (7.5 cm). C) 2 7/8'' (7 cm).
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Du Village, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Birom; Du Village
Culture or time period:
Birom
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection date:
1962
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Penis sheaths
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Penis sheath, accession number 5-3024a-c, described as Penis sheaths; unidentified fiber, plant; not made from traditional material. A) 3 1/4'' (9cm). B) 3'' (7.5 cm). C) 2 7/8'' (7 cm).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Penis sheath, accession number 5-3024a-c, described as Penis sheaths; unidentified fiber, plant; not made from traditional material. A) 3 1/4'' (9cm). B) 3'' (7.5 cm). C) 2 7/8'' (7 cm).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Penis sheath, accession number 5-3024a-c, described as Penis sheaths; unidentified fiber, plant; not made from traditional material. A) 3 1/4'' (9cm). B) 3'' (7.5 cm). C) 2 7/8'' (7 cm).

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