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Tribesman from small village in Baliem Valley, West Papua. He is wearing koteka.
Koteka, horim, or penis sheath is a phallocrypt or phallocarp traditionally worn by native male inhabitants of some (mainly highland) ethnic groups in western Papua and Papua and New Guinea to cover their genitals.

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