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Lot #188 - A Circumcision Stingray Barb Instrument, Mornington Island, Qld, C.1950s-60s

  • Auction House:
    Leonard Joel
  • Sale Name:
    Aboriginal Art & Artefacts
  • Sale Date:
    10 Oct 2013 ~ 6.30pm
  • Lot #:
    188
  • Lot Description:
    A Circumcision Stingray Barb Instrument, Mornington Island, Qld, C.1950s-60s
    carved wood, string and stingray barb
    12cm (length)
  • Provenance:
    Gifted in the 1950s-60s to Dr Tim O'Leary, a Flying Doctor who worked in Cape York, the Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait for almost three decades from 1953 until 1980. Thence by descent, Melbourne
  • Notes:
    Gifted in the 1950s-60s to Dr Tim O'Leary, a Flying Doctor who worked in Cape York, the Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait for almost three decades from 1953 until 1980. Thence by descent, Melbourne
  • Estimate:
    A$300 - 500
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Tribal

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