Catalog: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Wood (2)

Rare phallic charm from Lamphun Northern Thailand- serendipitously enough, where they have an annual sausage festival. Originally these were worn by men at the waist and were thought to protect the wearer from any harm to his penis and in a more general sense they also are believed to bring luck especially in terms of “wealth generating or protection”, so a woman might keep one in her cash box to increase your money flow or in her purse to prevent it being “snatched”...

Phallic charm from Lamphun Northern Thailand- serendipitously enough, where they have an annual sausage festival...