Kokbox
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Grass, Wire
Measurements
120 mm (Length)30 mm (W)
Place of origin
Zimbabwe
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303965
Summary
One of two Matabele kokboxes (penis covers) made from woven grass and fine wire. Collected in Matabeleland (Zimbabwe) in 1896. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Provenance
Collected by Lord Egerton in Matabeleland (Zimbabwe) in 1896.