Men have worn a loincloth or breechcloth as a fundamental piece of clothing which covers their genitals --- not the buttocks --- in most societies throughout human history which disapproved of genital nakedness.

) An ancient version of the loincloth, the breechcloth, was found in the Alps on a ca.

Howard once describes him as having a hairy chest and, while comic book interpretations often portray Conan as wearing a loincloth or other minimalist clothing, Howard describes the character as wearing whatever garb is typical for the land and culture in which Conan finds himself.

Four years later Chuck is dramatically thinner, bearded, his hair is longer, and he is wearing a loincloth.

He is typically depicted as a man with a large belly wearing a loincloth, having long hair and having pendulous, female-like breasts.

Today the crucifix is in the Escorial Monastery near Madrid, where it has usually been displayed in an altered form — the monastery added a loincloth and a crown of thorns.

A loincloth is a one-piece garment – sometimes kept in place by a belt – which covers the genitals and, at least partially, the buttocks.

The loincloth is in essence a piece of material, bark-bast, leather or cloth, passed between the legs covering the genitals.

A loincloth is a long length of cloth, passed between the thighs and wound around the waist in one of many fashions to cover the genitals with decency.

The cawat / maro style loincloth is an important cultural marker of the region.

The loincloth of Southern African Bushmen, called xai, is a piece of skin roughly T-shaped with long ties at the corners of the arms.

At present the loincloth is nearly extinct as normal male wear in the industrialized world, except in certain contexts in Japan.

Inki is a little African boy who usually dresses in a simple loincloth, armband, legband, earrings, and a bone through his hair.

One of the most well-known aspects of Japanese folklore is the oni, which is a sort of mountain-dwelling ogre, usually depicted with red, blue, brown or black skin, two horns on its head, a wide mouth filled with fangs, and wearing nothing but a tigerskin loincloth.

Below this depiction, separated from it by two interwoven serpents and a talud-tablero, is a scene showing dozens of small human figures, usually wearing only a loincloth and often showing a speech scroll ( see photo below ).

Lei Gong is depicted as a fearsome creature with claws, bat wings, and a blue face with a bird's beak who wears only a loincloth.

He is more obviously at home in Ankh-Morpork than most trolls ; his features are deliberately polished smooth and he wears a suit rather than the usual loincloth and lichen.

The costume is held at her waist by a decorative waistband, often with long, trailing decorative tails, leading down to a loincloth with a thong underneath ( or mini-shorts in the US version ).

The Kapre is said to wear the indigenous Northern Philippine loincloth known as bahag, and according to some, often wears a belt which gives the kapre the ability to be invisible to humans.

For example, the mokko-fundoshi ( literally " earth-basket loincloth " because it looks like the traditional baskets used in construction ), is made like the etchyuu-fundoshi but without a front apron ; the cloth is secured to the belt to make a bikini effect.

Lap-lap is a waistcloth or loincloth worn in Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific.

The traditional attire for men is a short, thin loincloth made of bark cloth, covering only the genitals without a ' tail ' of cloth in front.

A form of loincloth worn with a cape by an Aztec ruler, circa 1500

In most of ( sub -) tropical continental Asia, types of loincloth such as the Indian lungi, often unisex or with a close female counterpart, remain in use as traditional dress, especially among the rural peasant communities, while city dwellers tend to adopt western style costumes.

The toga was the dress clothing of the Romans, a thick woolen cloak worn over a loincloth or apron.

Examples of hazing, often performed in combination, include Spanking ; tickling ; being hosed by sprinkler, buckets or hoses ; covered with dirt or with ( sometimes rotten ) food ; engaging in lengthy, tedious cleaning of toilets ; waiting on others ; being made to eat or drink too much ( to the point of intoxication and vomiting ); wearing humiliating clothing such as diapers, underwear, an apron, jockstrap, loincloth or duct tape ; performing calisthenics and other physical tests.

During the summer months, however, a loincloth of deerskin or sheepskin would often suffice.

) Kapa was used primarily for clothing like the malo worn by men as a loincloth and the pāū worn by women as a wraparound.

Originally it was wrapped around the waist like a loincloth, but by the end of the 5th century BC it was worn over the elbows.

Because of this euphemistic use of the term, the article of clothing that is worn around the genital area has been named a loincloth.

It was Dandy Brandon, clad only in a bloody loincloth, emaciated and quaking as if the devil were breathing hard on him.

Purple robes and a weighty gold loincloth were the only objects found in her tomb.

In the case of men, it consisted only of a loincloth suspended with a string at the waist, while in the case of women, it was a piece of cloth that extended from the navel to the knees.

Traditionally, and even as recently as the 1960s, ama dove wearing only a loincloth.

She wore a tiny bikini for the shoot while Van Wijk, wearing only a loincloth, posed with a sword.

Symbolic of his dreamland plight, Elmer appears nearly nude, wearing only his derby hat and a strategically placed " loincloth " consisting of a laurel wreath.

The shitagi was the second garment to be put on, coming second only to the Fundoshi ( Japan loincloth ).

Typically, his clothing consisted only of a loincloth ( subligaculum ) held in place by a wide belt, or of a short tunic with light padding.

Besides these items, the retiarius wore only a loincloth ( subligaculum ) held in place by a wide belt and gaiters or, as images show in lieu of the loincloth, a tunic that left the right shoulder uncovered.

She traditionally wears only a white two-piece loincloth bikini with golden jewelry, and she is always barefoot.

They still used the same robes as before, a thin mantle of antelope hide, dyed and printed, crossing one of their shoulders and coming down until mid calf length to make an open robe over a loincloth with an adorned phallus sheath, being the only exception of the new addition of a kilt above the knees and an animal tail in the Egyptian manner of king Narmer and the phallus adornment over it.