Mourning ornament consisting of human hair wrapped in clay and fat and covered with red ochre, amuletic, from North West Australia, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A78491
- Materials:
- hair, human, earth and fibre
- type:
- human remains, human hair and mourning ornament
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust