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Koteka and the Story of Resistance

For some, koteka, or penis gourd, is considered a symbol of backwardness. However, it is still worn as a symbol of resistance.

30 Juni 2024
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A Dani man in front of a house in the Baliem Valley, 1965. (KITLV).

A VISITOR to the National Museum, Central Jakarta, smiled amusedly when observing one of the Papuan ethnographic collections, a long, brown sheath made from dried gourd fruit with the Latin name Lagenaria siceraria. The description on the display case read: "penis sheath".

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