Ceremonial shoe made of feathers
- maker:
- Arrernte people
Ceremonial shoe made of feathers, compacted with blood, with upper of woven hair binding on sole, used by kurdaitcha, Arrernte people, Australia, 1890-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A301075
- Materials:
- feathers, emu, blood and hair, human
- type:
- human remains and shoes
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
