Ke hele nei ma lalo o ka hāmare i kahi hopena maikaʻi, Victorian-era wahine liʻiliʻi ma lalo o ka hāmare i kēia hopena pule ma ʻIlani.
Ua hoʻokomo nā mea kūleʻa ʻo Matthews i ka "Antique Carved Ivory Ladies Companion" me ka "Scarlet Lined Skin Upholstered Carry Box" a me "Inset Bevelled Glass Panel" i ke kūʻai aku. Kuhi ʻia ke kōkua moekolohe kahiko ma waena o € 500 - € 800 ($ 536 - $ 858).
"He ʻāpana nani ia, mai kekahi o nā ʻohana Anglo-ʻIlani kaulana. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi lālā o ka ʻohana ma kahi huki, a ua waiho ʻo ia ia mea i ke kūʻai no ka leʻaleʻa maoli, ”i haʻi aku ai ka mea kudala ʻo Damien Matthews i ka Irish Times.
"Manaʻoʻiʻo mākou ua hoʻomaka ka niho ʻelepani i ka 1840s. ʻO kēia kanaka, ka mea nona ke kumu, aia ma India i nā makahiki 1840, kahi i kī ai ʻo ia iā ia iho i kahi ʻelepani, a lawe mai i ka tusk i ka home,
Manaʻo ʻo Matthews ma ke kiʻi hou ʻana i ka niho ʻelepani makamae, ua ʻimi ka mea nona ke kōkua o nā kālai Kina e hana i kahi mea ʻano ʻē.
"Kaulana ka poʻe Kina no ke kālai ʻana i ka niho ʻelepani, a maikaʻi loa ke ʻano o ke kālai ʻana, manaʻo wau ʻo ia kahi kahi e… inā ua hana ʻia. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e ʻike e hoʻi mai ana ʻo ia i ka home, a makemake ʻo ia e loaʻa kāna wahine i kēia, "wahi a Matthews.
ʻO ka poʻe Victorians kahi pūʻulu prudish kaulana, alakaʻi iā Matthews e manaʻo ʻo ke kāne ma hope o ka erotic tusk ʻo ia ke kāne hou.
“He ʻohana mālamalama loa kēia, a he makana aloha nui kēia na ke kāne a ka wahine. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka mea no ka mea he kupaianaha ka pae o ke kikoʻī, a hiki i nā pā o ka ʻili, "wahi a Matthews.
"Aia kahi puʻuwai i kālai ʻia ma ke kumu o ia, kahi e noho ai kona manamana lima, a me kahi ipu e hiki ai iā ia ke mālama i kahi laka o kona lauoho," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
“Ua hala au i kēia 25 makahiki a ʻaʻole wau i ʻike i kekahi mea e like me ia. E kiʻi ʻoe i nā Massager era massani (dildos) i kēlā me kēia manawa e kū mai nei no ke kūkālā, akā ʻaʻohe mea e like me kēia, "wahi a Matthews.
"E hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe i ka wā Victorian, ka nui o ka poʻe i hiki ke hoʻokomo a hana i kahi mea e like me kēia. Kanaiwakumamāiwa pākēneka o ka ʻāina e hoʻāʻo nei e loaʻa, no laila aia paha he 400 a he 500 mau ʻohana ma ka ʻāina me kēlā mau ʻano waiwai. ʻAʻole ia he ʻāpana wale o erotica - he hana noʻeau ia, a me kahi ʻāpana hoihoi o ka mōʻaukala kaiaulu, "hoʻohui ʻo ia.
