Ceremonial object
- Made:
- 1880-1920 in Queensland
Ceremonial object, waninga, consisting if sharpened stick with red -spotted crosspiece, bound at junction with hair-string, used by men at circumcision ceremonies, from Queensland, Australia, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A190299
- Materials:
- wood and hair, string
- type:
- human remains, human hair and ceremonial wand
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
