Penis sheath - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99780 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 75.00 CUCURBITACEAE Lagenaria siceraria | Entry Book Number | 13.2017 | |
| Artefact Name | Penis sheath | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Papua New Guinea | TDWG Region | Papua New Guinea | ||
| Parts Held | Penis sheath | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Penis sheathUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Haynes, B. J. | Donor No | 119 | ||
| Donor Date | 18/05/2017 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Haynes, B. J. | Collector No | 119 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Gourd used as a decoration to cover private parts, known locally as 'koteka'. Worn by indigenous male inhabitants of Papua New Guinea, more likely while at work, given the few decorative elements and length of the gourd. See: Murphy, Catherine, 'Clothing, or Decoration: Exploring the Penis Sheath of Papua New Guinea' (2012). Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings. 717. | ||||