Face injury apparatus

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Accession Number ART24398
Collection type Art
Measurement framed: 95 cm x 70 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas
Maker Aubrey-Crowe, George
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Date made 1946
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Period 1940-1949
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

Unidentified man with severe facial injuries, undergoing reconstruction of lower jaw and face, wearing plaster cap and external fixative apparatus (to hold bone fragments in place while they reunite, and to enable flaps to lower face and cheek to 'take').