Kurdaitcha sandal/shoe
- maker:
- Arrernte people
Kurdaitcha sandal/shoe, made of matted emu feathers, blood, hair cord and knitted string, part of kurdaitcha hunting ritual, Arrernte people (Arunta), central Australia, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A78839
- Materials:
- feathers, blood, hair, cord and human remains
- Measurements:
-
length 270 mm
width 125 mm
thickness 45 mm
- type:
- human remains and shoe
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
