Indigenous Australian shell dolls let out for children’s play at UK museum Twelve dadikwakwa-kwa given to Manchester Museum on condition they are not permanently kept behind glass

12 dadikwakwa-kwa #ShellDolls, traditionally used to teach kinship, literacy, numeracy & women’s health given by #Indigenous Australian #Anindilyakwa community to #ManchesterMuseum on one condition: that children play with them once a year.

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