Ceremonial hand pad made of compacted feathers, blood and gum, used by Kurdaitcha, possibly made for tourists, Australasian, 1890-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657733
- Materials:
- feathers, emu, blood, gum and fibre, string
- type:
- hand pads and human remains
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)