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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