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Tintinnabula (charm wind-chimes)

What it is
Bronze wind-chimes hung in Roman doorways and shops. A winged, often animal-legged phallus is hung with bells, because noise and laughter drive evil away.
Making yours
10–20 cm cast bronze figure with 3–5 small bells on chains hanging from rings.
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This section is sexually explicit: phallic charms, fertility figures and erotic badges, photographed as the museums hold them. The photographs stay blurred until you choose to see them.

Bronze ithyphallic figurine with a head of phallusesBronze ithyphallic figurine with a head of phallusesSecret Cabinet Bronze Tintinnabulum (48451956082)Secret Cabinet Bronze Tintinnabulum (48451956082)Napoli, museo archeologico (8105424012)Napoli, museo archeologico (8105424012)Satyr with Phallus, TerracottaSatyr with Phallus, TerracottaWomen riding a winged penis detail, Discourse on the worship of Priapus and its connection with the mystic theology of the ancients 4 figs (cropped)Women riding a winged penis detail, Discourse on the worship of Priapus and its connection with the mystic theology of the ancients 4 figs (cropped)Abbazia di Santa Maria di Follina - wikiraduno Alle colline del prosecco abc8Abbazia di Santa Maria di Follina - wikiraduno Alle colline del prosecco abc8Avranches (50) Basilique Saint-Gervais - TintinnabulumAvranches (50) Basilique Saint-Gervais - TintinnabulumLaval - basilique Notre-Dame d'Avesnières, intérieurLaval - basilique Notre-Dame d'Avesnières, intérieurTintinnabula con forma de falo. Museo de Arqueología de Cataluña (Barcelona)Tintinnabula con forma de falo. Museo de Arqueología de Cataluña (Barcelona)Woman riding a fascinus - Wellcome CollectionWoman riding a fascinus - Wellcome CollectionSt. Anthony - Beaumont interiorSt. Anthony - Beaumont interiorSecret Cabinet Bronze Tintinnabulum (48451954537)Secret Cabinet Bronze Tintinnabulum (48451954537)Basilica of St. Adalbert interior - Grand RapidsBasilica of St. Adalbert interior - Grand RapidsNaturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.175370 - Leptoxis tintinnabulum Lea - Pleuroceridae - Mollusc shellNaturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.175370 - Leptoxis tintinnabulum Lea - Pleuroceridae - Mollusc shellProcissao Santo Mes de Junho (3)Procissao Santo Mes de Junho (3)Tintinnabule de la basilique saint Sauveur (Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France)Tintinnabule de la basilique saint Sauveur (Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France)Woman riding a fascinus, Wellcome CollectionWoman riding a fascinus, Wellcome CollectionCathédrale Notre-Dame et Saint Castor de Nîmes-TintinnabulumCathédrale Notre-Dame et Saint Castor de Nîmes-TintinnabulumSacred Heart - Charleston interiorSacred Heart - Charleston interiorZooKeys - Bathypsammia tintinnabulumZooKeys - Bathypsammia tintinnabulum

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