Bronze tintinnabulum shaped like a stylized phallus in the form of an ithyphallic rampant griffin, from Herculaneum, 1st c. AD (Now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples).
Yes, this is a dick-shaped griffin with a dick of its own and a tail that is also shaped like a dick. Don't forget the wings, either. It once functioned as a wind chime, which was believed to keep away evil forces. And yes, this is the origin of the wind chimes that we still keep...I'm looking at one on my balcony right now. Those Romans thought of everything, dammit.
I strongly support a movement toward bringing back the penis chimes. They would function similarly to their Roman ancestor chimes, keeping away a contemporary idea of "evil forces": fundamentalist Christians, bratty children, homophobes and the like. However, I don't believe this to be progressive in any way, given how men would react to objectification. They just couldn't handle it...
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