Penis case
A Koteka (also penis quiver , - bag , Koteka or Guinea also Horim called) is a long, tapered tube, or a pouch which the penis is intended to cover the wearer. It used to be common in some regions of the world, but is now almost exclusively worn on traditional occasions.
functionality
The penis sheath consists of a calabash (elongated fruit pod of a pumpkin plant), which is worn as clothing by indigenous peoples. To do this, the men put the tube over the penis and fasten it with a cord around the hip, or around the neck for longer sheaths. A penis sheath can be up to 40 centimeters long. Deviating from this, Claude Lévi-Strauss reports that the Bororo sheath is made of straw and only covers the outer end of the penis. It is held in place by the foreskin . Its decoration provides information about the clan membership of its wearer. According to Nigel Barley , the men of the Dowayo in Cameroon wear a penis sheath made from a bottle gourd, because in the imagination there a woman should “never see a circumcised penis” because otherwise she would get sick. For sexual intercourse , men used to have to open their loincloths to remove the penis case.
purpose
The penis case hides the penis from direct view. On the other hand, a considerably larger shape is chosen than would be required for pure concealment. Therefore the function is probably complex and partly also serves to impress. In this context it is known to be used as a penis enlargement by pulling a band tied around the coronal furrow of the glans through a hole in the sheath tip to the outside and fastening it there under tension. On the other hand, it is also known that wearers without a penis sheath are ashamed of their exhibition.
distribution
General distribution
Corresponding penis cases were or will be
- with some indigenous peoples in the Amazon region ,
- in parts of Africa,
- by Papuan peoples in New Guinea ( e.g. Dani , Korowai , Lani , Yali ) and
- worn by Aborigines in Australia
For at least ten thousand years there was little contact between most of these regions before they were described by Europeans. Therefore, despite the similarity of the cases, it is obviously a question of completely isolated parallel developments.
Nowadays a penis sheath is almost only worn for traditional or ceremonial occasions.
Penile sleeve ban in Indonesia
The parliament of the Muslim-dominated Indonesia passed an anti-pornography law in 2008 that makes wearing the traditional koteka or horim, as the case is called in New Guinea, a criminal offense.
Penis case in the BDSM area
The penis case is also used in the BDSM area. It can e.g. B. be incorporated in a slip or in a vacuum bed .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ “With the exception of a straw bag that covered the outer end of the penis and was held in place by the foreskin, the men were completely naked.” Quote from: Claude Lévi-Strauss : Sad tropics . Kiepenheuer & Witsch , Cologne / Berlin 1960, p. 163.
- ↑ Beatrice Kümin, Susanna Kumschick: Views of the Bororo: Press texts and pictures. In: musethno.uzh.ch. Retrieved January 6, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Women and Men (Developing Countries Studies). In: payer.de. Retrieved January 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeld: numerous reports from visits in films, books and lectures
- ↑ Ursula Wöll: The life of this planet. In: taz.de . December 29, 2012, accessed January 6, 2017 .
- ^ Aubrey Belford, AFP / AFP: Indonesia: Battle for the penis tube of Papua. In: stern.de . January 5, 2009, accessed January 6, 2017 .
- ↑ New Guinea: Pornography law to ban penis quivers. In: Spiegel Online . January 5, 2009, accessed January 6, 2017 .