Sentence:  However, the <WSD>"kurdaitcha</WSD>" (or "gadaidja") and "illapurinja" are more properly expeditions carried out for the specific purpose of performing sorcery. (Spencer and Gillem, "ibid".: 476-88) In the <WSD>"kurdaitcha</WSD>" men use special slippers of that name, made from emu feathers stuck together with blood, with an upper rim of netted hair string. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An expedition taken to heal or avenge someone afflicted by evil sorcery.