Penis Clamp
P256B
From: Borneo | Sarawak | Baram River | Long Wat
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P256B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Long Wat | Klemantan |
| Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak | Baram River | Long Wat |
| Date Made | 1898 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Peel |
| Description | Penis clamp. Tatip. Two flat pieces of wood, wide in the middle and tapering to ends, where at one end they are bound together by two small braided rattan peel rings (one of which should probably be at other end). Near this end, one edge is decoratively shaped. Small round hole through centers. Used to hold and flatten the penis so it can be pierced, laterally near the tip. When the wound is healed a metal barbell-shaped ornament can be inserted. |
| Length | 18.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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