Black pubic-cover of strands of human hair

Made:: 1881-1920 in Australia

maker:: Arrernte people

Black pubic-cover of strands of human hair, associated with circumcision ceremonies of Arrernte people (Arunta), Central Australia, 1881-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A160887

Materials:: hair, human

Measurements:: approx: length 250 mm
approx: width 120 mm

type:: human remains, human hair and pubic cover

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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Black pubic-cover of strands of human hair

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