Rijksmuseum/Kelly Schenk
A nun sitting with legs open to provoking a cleric: historical object made of sheep appendix can be a remembrance of a brothel, and is an ode to the “playful side” of sex.
A rare condom, dated approximately 1830, decorated with an erotic engraving representing a nun and three clerics in provocative poses, has been on display at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam since Tuesday.
This contraceptive with almost two hundred years It is probably done from a Sheep Appendix.
It can be a remembrance of a brothel, From which only two survived, the museum revealed in a statement, quoted by France-Presse (AFP).
“Demonstrates the multiple applications of the art of engraving and offers a vision of sexuality and prostitution in the nineteenth century,” the museum said.
Condom is part of an exposure on prostitution and sexuality in the nineteenth century. “We observe it with ultraviolet light and suspect that have never been used“, Clarifies to Joyce Zelen, curator of the museum.” So we believe that those who acquired the condom was quite sophisticated and instructed. “
The engraving in the condom portrays a nun sitting, with open legs, lifting the skirt and pointing to one of the three clerics, whose genitals are also exposed.
“Represents both the playful side and the serious side of sexual health”According to the museum.
“A Pleasure Search was opposed to the fear of STD [Doenças Sexualmente Transmissíveis]particularly syphilis, and unwanted pregnancies, ”added the Rijksmuseum.
The condom was bought at auction six months ago. A picture in a condom was not previously in the Rijksmuseum collection, the museum added.
