200-year-old condom decorated with erotic art goes on display in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum
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.'
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