Amuletic mourning ornament(?), consisting of bird shape made of kangaroo teeth and human hair covered with red ochre, from North West Australia, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A78459
- Materials:
- teeth, of a kangaroo and hair, human
- Measurements:
-
length 137 mm
maximum: diameter 15 mm
- type:
- human remains, human hair and mourning ornament
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust