Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“An almost 200-year-old condom has just gone on display at an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It is thought to be made of a sheep’s appendix and features an explicit print representing a nun and three clergymen. The rare artefact dates back to 1830 and was purchased by the museum at an auction last year. The condom is part of an exhibition on 19th Century prostitution and sexuality. Prints, drawings and photographs also form part of the display. It is ‘a subject that is underrepresented in our collection,’ the museum said in a press release. ‘It embodies both the lighter and darker sides of sexual health, in an era when the quest for sensual pleasure was fraught with fears of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases – especially syphilis,’ it added.” (06/04/25)