Feathered wand, with 2 cross-pieces, stem and cross pieces bound with human hair string, used to represent human being in toternic ritual, coated with powdered lime, motheaten, from Arunta tribe, central Australia 1890-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A73302
- Materials:
- cane, hair, human hair and emu, feathers
- type:
- feathered wand
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
