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Object Number 988-18-50/12469
Display Title Fetish (penis and vagina?)
Descriptions
Object Description Fetish (penis and vagina?)
Inventory Description Bundle, fur covered hide bag with strap handle, leather covered cloth bundle
Classification
  • Medicine bundle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ivory Coast
Dimensions Overall: 84 x 7 x 4 cm (33 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 988-18-50/12469
Provenance
Provenance El Hadji Ousman Maysage (10/87-8/88)
Collector Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
Donor Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Fetish
988-18-50/12484 Fetish
Ornament
Ivory Coast
Fur tassels for penis gourd (horim tabpit)
63-29-70/4079 Fur tassels for penis gourd (horim tabpit)
Ornament
New Guinea
Indonesia
Fur tassel - compound (with tip of white fur) for penis gourd
64-18-70/4459 Fur tassel - compound (with tip of white fur) for penis gourd
Ornament
Indonesia
New Guinea
Fetish
988-18-50/12525 Fetish
Ornament
Ivory Coast
Penis baskets
47-73-70/2798 Penis baskets
Penis gourd
Papua New Guinea
Basketry penis tube
47-72-70/2682 Basketry penis tube
Penis gourd
Papua New Guinea
Penis gourds (horim)
63-29-70/4078.1 Penis gourds (horim)
Penis gourd
New Guinea
Indonesia
Penis gourds (horim)
63-29-70/4078.2 Penis gourds (horim)
Penis gourd
New Guinea
Indonesia
Penis gourds (horim)
63-29-70/4078.4 Penis gourds (horim)
Penis gourd
Indonesia
New Guinea
Penis gourds (horim)
63-29-70/4078.3 Penis gourds (horim)
Penis gourd
Indonesia
New Guinea
Penis gourd with braided strap
64-18-70/4201 Penis gourd with braided strap
Penis gourd
New Guinea
Indonesia
Penis cover of woven straw - sukkivi ngon
37-126-50/3213 Penis cover of woven straw - sukkivi ngon
Raw Material
Penis cover
Cameroon