Wooden spider with quill legs

Made:
1890-1925 in Australia
maker:
Arrernte people

Wooden spider with quill legs, black, with painted design in white and red, used by Arrernte people (Arunta) in initiation rites, from Central Australia, 1890-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A220983
Materials:
wood, hair and quill
Measurements:
length 114 mm
with quill legs: width 95 mm
band, doubled: length 87 mm
type:
human remains and amulet
credit:
Wellcome Trust

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