Here is the account of Pigafetta:
"They have as many wives as they wish, though one is regarded as the principal spouse. The males young or old alike, have their penis pierced right through near the head, with a bolt made of gold or tin as thick as a goose-quill; both ends of this bolt are moulded sometimes like a spur with points, or sometimes like the head of a wire-nail. (I repeatedly asked both young and old to let me see because I could hardly believe my eyes.) There is a perforation in the middle of the bolt through which they urinate; yet the bolt and the ends are firmly fixed. They say their women wish it so, or otherwise would refuse intercourse. When a man wishes to have intercourse with his wife, she introduces the penis not in the regular way, but first the spur on top very gently and then the lower one, in such a way that once inside the vagina, the penis takes its regular position, and stays there until it becomes limp and then only can be withdrawn. They resort to this contraption for the men are sexually feeble... All females from the age of six and upwards have their vaginas gradually lacerated because of the penisbolts. (page 81, "General History of the Philippines" Gleeck, Lewis E., Manila: Historical Conservation Society, Exclusive distributor, Casalinda Bookshop, 1984)
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