In 2016, photographer Teh Han Lin travelled to Papua New Guinea to spend four days living with and photographing the Dani people.
His intimate photos show tribesmen wearing a traditional item of clothing known as a “koteka” — a penis sheath.
Usually made from dried-out gourd, (a local fruit), the koteka was thought to have been worn as a display of sexual prowess. However, the Dani use it simply to cover themselves.
In the early 1970s, the Indonesian government launched “Operasi Koteka”, aka Operation Penis Sheath, to try and modernise the Dani, encouraging them to wear shorts instead.
But the plan failed, and they still wear the eye-catching items of clothing.
Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.news.com.au/travel/destinations/asia/inside-the-secretive-tribe-where-women-have-their-fingers-amputated-when-their-loved-ones-die/news-story/a25dc2605de1a87d28d8e4533d74247e%3famp
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