Tuesday, October 29, 2013

From Rob Houston



Hi Buckles,
As far as I know this working man had been touring with the King Bros. Circus in the mid 1950's when he was injured.
Can you tell me anything about him or the item that is lodged in his jaw?
As far as I can tell it's some kind of pronged or hooked U-shaped tool for retrieving  or grasping feed trays from the wild animal cages. What do you think?

Rob

Posted by Buckles at 10/29/2013 06:22:00 AM

6 comments:

JACKIE said...

It looks lie a long type of bamboo pipe to me. Jackie LeClaire

29 October, 2013 12:33
Cindy Potter said...

Looks like a feeding fork...
Cindy Potter

29 October, 2013 14:28
GaryHill said...

Looks like a frog gig to me..?

30 October, 2013 00:26
JACKIE said...

That is a puzzlement, I now notice that at the photo he does not have it in his mouth. It could be a long feeding fork if he had a contagious disease. If anyone does find out, please comment on it as it has my curiosity. Jackie LeClaire

31 October, 2013 14:32
Paul Gutheil said...

It looks to me as though he somehow got a big cat meat hook stuck in his lower jaw or cheek, certainly a wild pic.

03 November, 2013 16:16
Cindy Potter said...

...I meant a feeding for big cats, not him!
:-)
CP

04 November, 2013 15:39

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