ETHNOGRAPHIC ART AND ARTEFACTS
Friday, 14 - Monday, 24 March 2025
A Central Australian Aboriginal ceremonial scarification and circumcision stone knife with sheath
Estimate $220 - $500
Realised: $360 plus premium
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.
