Kurdaitcha Shoe
P1889B
From: Australia | South Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Kurdaitcha |
| Object Number | P1889B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Arunta |
| Provenience | Australia | South Australia |
| Date Made | Before 1907 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Feather |
| Description | One of a pair of shoes worn by a ritual killer (also called Kurdaitcha) when hunting a victim, who is killed using a "pointing bone." Such shoes were said to leave no tracks. (Catalogue card: "Cooditcha. To disguise tracks of avenger.") |
| Length | 21 cm |
| Width | 9.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 1 - Other Number |
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