One of a pair of ceremonial shoes
1890-1925
Pair of ceremonial shoes
- maker:
- Arrernte people
Pair of ceremonial shoes, made of compacted feathers and human hair, used by kurdaitcha, Arrernte people, Central(?) Australia, 1890-1925
One of a pair of ceremonial shoes
1890-1925
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A114429
- Materials:
- feathers, emu and hair, human
- Measurements:
-
length 210 mm
width 92 mm
- type:
- human hair, shoes and human remains
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
