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Penis sheath

Elongated, hourglass-shaped object, hole in the centre, engraved line pattern (branded)

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Data Provider
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Object type
Kleidung
Dimensions
L 12 cm
Material/Technique
plant components
Object genre
clothing and accessory
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2159
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 2615 (Old inventory number)
2159 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    where
    Vanimo
    Papua-Neuguinea
    Neuguinea
    Melanesien
    Ozeanien
    Pazifik
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    where
    Papua-Neuguinea
    Neuguinea
    Melanesien
    Ozeanien
    Pazifik
    who
    Kelber, Ernst - Owners
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
  • Change of physical control:
    Exchange
    when
    15.12.1971
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
    Description
    Came to Mainz "together with 636 other objects in exchange for 732 objects from Pakistan and Afghanistan" (Brandstetter, Hierholzer 2018).

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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