ETHNOGRAPHIC ART AND ARTEFACTS
Friday, 14 - Monday, 24 March 2025
A Central Australian Aboriginal ceremonial scarification and circumcision stone knife with sheath
Realised: $360 plus premium
Current Bid $360 (15 bids, reserve met)
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Lot Details
the flaked blade with coloured ochre designs set in a spinifex gum butt grip; housed in a paperbark sheath wrapped with string and painted white, topped by a finial of emu feathers. L.200mm approx. Provenance: Angela Saussehrd Collection. Along with a flaked flint scarification blade set on a bone handle with spinifex gum. And two amber glass pressure-flaked knives/points. Provenance: The Jorgen Lotz Collection.
