Saturday, 3 October 2026

Pilgrim badge of the 14th century shaped like a travelling vagina

Dark metal badge showing a figure in a hat with a staff in one hand and a rope in the other, its body shaped like a vagina.

Badges like this were a popular souvenir among medieval pilgrims. True, they say little about the holy places visited, but in every other respect they are eloquent enough. This travelling vulva is from the 14th century

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