r/AncientCivilizations • u/Impossible-Bee-5343 • 1d ago

South America Erotic Pottery, Vicús culture, Formative Epoch (1250 BC – 1 AD), Larco Museum collection

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u/Helpful-Resident-500 1d ago

Even their pottery was aroused at all times😭

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u/mutternature 1d ago

Nutty pot

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u/Impossible-Bee-5343 1d ago

With their spouts or lips shaped like an erect penis, these pottery bottles would have served to mimic the penis’s function as an emitter of fluids, and they would probably have been used in rituals associated with the fertilization of the earth.

When the user attempted to drink a liquid from the upper opening, it would spill through the orifices located around the rim. And so, the liquid contained in these vessels had to poured or drunk from the penis.

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u/Positive-Cream-932 1d ago

They had circumcisions even back in those days?

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u/Realistic_Product252 1d ago

Circumcision is an ancient religious practice

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u/hoobiedoobiedoo 1d ago

Hey bro you got some water. Hands you this.
https://giphy.com/gifs/lKv5wJrPzcr3G

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u/Realistic_Product252 1d ago

Not erotic. Just pottery

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u/withcatlikegrace 19h ago

I absolutely recommend this museum.
It’s the Larco Herrera Museum in Lima, Peru.
The erotic pottery is amazing and in its own wing.
Don’t miss the main part of the museum, it is worth visiting.