- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Globular penis cover of basketry base covered with palm leaf strips, and length of narrow plant fibre string tied to it. [l.Ph 7/10/2004] [JP 7/10/2004]
- Cultural groups
- Zulu
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1884
- Date collected
- ?Prior to 1881
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 2004
- Materials and processes
- Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material String, Process Basketry, Process Coiled
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 50 mm, Height: max 36 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.140.612 PR no.: 506/ 12191
Search terms: Clothing, Groin-cover
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