The Bleeding Hand

Origin
August Strindberg (1849 - 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. Drawing on his own life experiences he wrote over sixty plays and over thirty novels. Rare in his time he explored a wide range of dramatic methods and purposes from Naturalistic tragedy, monodrama and historic plays. He is credited as the father of modern Swedish literature especially with the creation of his novel The Red Room. In 1902 Strindberg decided to take another risk crafting a play about a widow haunted by a specter who would assault her in the night leaving bloody handprints everywhere. It delves into the slippery slope of insanity questioning on if there really was a ghost or if it was in her head the whole time, going as far as having the actress cut her own palms to mark the walls. Strindberg's attempts to get the four-act play financed failed and he decided to come back to it at a later date. However the draft of the Bleeding Hand didn't go anywhere and was eventually lost.

Effects
Drains blood from the body.

Collection
Was taken from Talaat Pasha after his capture and subsequent bronzing