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200-year-old condom decorated with erotic art (lemmynsfw.com)

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The Netherlands' national museum has a new object on display that merges art with Amsterdam's infamous Red Light District: a nearly 200-year-old condom, emblazoned with erotic art.

The Rijksmuseum said in a statement that the playful prophylactic, believed to be made around 1830 from a sheep's appendix, "depicts both the playful and the serious side of sexual health."

It is part of an exhibition called "Safe Sex?" about 19th century sex work that opened on Tuesday.

The condom, possibly a souvenir from a brothel, is decorated with an erotic image of a nun and three clergymen.

For more info feel free to look here: https://phys.org/news/2025-06-year-condom-erotic-art-display.html

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

the Scottish invented the sheep intestine condom, but it didn't really take off as an invention until we started removing them from the sheep first

edit: just a little joke, don't take me seriously