Extra Credit Post: Huli Clothing

• Westerners are often surprised by the traditional highland apparel.
• While women wear grass skirts, men wear nothing but a koteka, or "penis gourd."
• The gourd is tied under the man's genitals and around his waist with two pieces of string.
• While very few villagers in PNG still wear traditional clothing, many inhabitants of the Balem Valley in Irian Jaya proudly maintain this custom.
• They wear lots of face makeup and feathers in their headdresses.