During an era when the family was a crucial part of life and maintaining the patrilineal bloodline was of utmost importance, the idea of human sexuality and fertility played a...
During an era when the family was a crucial part of life and maintaining the patrilineal bloodline was of utmost importance, the idea of human sexuality and fertility played a large role in life. To promote this awareness and importance, various objects were created, as symbols of the progression of life and eternity. This phallus sculpture is a part of this idea. In design, the phallus is very realistic, offering only one tribal emblem on the front. The craftsman made the piece with precision to create a parallel image in modeled clay form. Fertility and the continuation of the bloodline were extremely important during a time of tribal communities and settlements. This instrument demonstrates the importance and the visibility of the issue. Modesty was not important, unlike today perhaps, thus opening us up and introducing us to an entirely new and different mentality, where survival of the people was the most important thing.