Ceremonial hand pad made of compacted bird feathers and blood
- maker:
- Arrernte people
Ceremonial hand pad made of compacted bird feathers and blood, 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:
- A301079
- Materials:
- feathers, emu and blood
- Measurements:
-
length 180 mm
width 70 mm
- type:
- hand pads and human remains
