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>>1968 Dani kain
>>>phallocrypt
Subject: kain chief
Culture: (n)Dani
Setting: tribal warfare, Irian Jaya Highlands mid-20thc
Object: holim/hourim phallocrypt
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall *
"Penis Gourd with String Waist Band  Indonesia
Beginning at the age of five, men wear penis sheaths which are sometimes decorated with fur tassels.
The sheath is anchored by a string around the scrotum, and held upright by strings tied under arms."  ...


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