The tribesmen performed the rituals wearing an eye-catching item of clothing known as a koteka, or "penis sheath", while women cooked wild pigs on an open fire. Koteka are made from dried out fruit and are held in place by two loops of string - one around the chest and the other around the scrotum. The Dani are also known for a gruesome practice whereby the tribeswomen cut off the end of their own fingers to mark the loss of a relative. Photographer Hariandi Hafid, 30, documented the annual festival and bloody customs of the tribe, who only became known in the Western world by chance in the 20th century. The Dani tribe was stumbled across by American philanthropist Richard Archbold during an expedition in Though the grim finger cutting practice has been condemned by the Indonesian government, Hariandi found evidence it lives on among some of the older women in the tribe.
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Meet the remote Indonesian tribe where the men show off their large penis sheaths in battle
Except for their gourd, these men go naked and have no pockets yet they somehow manage to stuff their money into the very limited environs of their gourds. But more importantly, these gourds preserve modesty all the while concealing prized genitalia. Albeit, their testicles are left exposed to full public view. Their villages are hidden deep in the interior reaches of the Baliem Valley located in the Indonesian state of Papua formerly known as Irian Jaya.
Penis sheaths are called koteka locally and have nothing to do with sex as many of our Odditorium guests might assume, but instead simply protect male tribesmen from the vexing bites of insects in the dense jungles of New Guinea. Koteka are worn in the Dania tribe, and just like a person might have a number of hats, pants, shoes, or shorts; a man in New Guinea may have a vast wardrobe of penis sheaths to choose from. The sheaths themselves were either made from gourds, woven materials, or a combination of both.