Amuletic mourning ornament

Made:
1880-1920 in Australia

Amuletic mourning ornament(?), consisting of bird shape made of Kangaroo teeth and human hair covered with red ochre, from North West Australia, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A78459
Materials:
teeth, of a kangaroo and hair, human
type:
human remains, human hair and mourning ornament
credit:
Wellcome Trust