Hand pad made from emu feathers matted together with blood and enclosed in hair string, part of Kurdaitcha ritual, used in conjunction with Kurdaitcha shoes, Northern Australia, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A161338
- Materials:
- feathers, emu, blood and string
- type:
- human remains, human hair and hand pad
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
