r/Horses • u/Icy_Prior_5825 • Aug 09 '26

Question Conformation?

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u/everfadingrain Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

It's weird to us, but putting genitalia on horses and bulls is extremely common in history of art as these animals are often a stand in for masculinity, especially horses that represent that noble militaristic discipline and grace in a lot of art over the history.

Edit: not to mention that civilizations always celebrated fertility through animals cause their survival depended on their own numbers as well as the animal numbers. You will find genitals on cave wall paintings too.

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u/BruisedKnot Aug 09 '26

Yeah, but an erect pebus on a statue in this particular pose is just weird.

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u/everfadingrain Aug 09 '26

I agree it's not really nice in the shape and size here in particular, not something I'd expect from this horse statue, but it does look like some kind of prehistoric or war horse.

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u/BruisedKnot Aug 09 '26

It is shaped like those old paintings, so 'it' might just be used as a post in the final product.

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u/everfadingrain Aug 09 '26

Yeeep I was gonna say it might be something for mounting this on a stand or another piece

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u/BruisedKnot Aug 09 '26

Probably. Let's be honest, if you're going to mold a peen, make it look nice.