Ceremonial hand pad made of feathers compacted with blood secured by hair-string
- maker:
- Arrernte people
Ceremonial hand pad made of feathers compacted with blood secured by hair-string, used by kurdaitcha, Arrernte people, Australian, 1890-1920, for tourists (?)
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A301076
- Materials:
- feathers, emu, blood and hair, human
- Measurements:
-
length 260 mm
width 162 mm
- type:
- human remains, human hair and hand pad
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
