Hand pad made from emu feathers matted together with blood and enclosed in hair string
- maker:
- Arrernte people
Hand pad made from emu feathers matted together with blood and enclosed in hair string, part of kurdaitcha ritual, used in conjunction with kurdaitcha shoes, Arrernte people, Northern Australia, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A161338
- Materials:
- feathers, emu, blood and string
- Measurements:
-
length 140 mm
width 130 mm
thickness 55 mm
- type:
- human remains, human hair and hand pad
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
