Cane
- Object Name:
- Cane
- Object ID:
- 1986.503
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Cane, bamboo or sugar cane, painted yellow. Shaft carved to resemble bamboo. Handle carved in shape of dog's head, with ivory eyes. Brass ferrule. Round eyelet without rim. Brass ferrule on base with bottom edge turned up around part of its circumference. Several dents in it. Four, narrowly-spaced lines around center. Held in place by four impressions on side that penetrate metal and leave a edge in substrate. Eyes are glass rather than ivory, per David Colglazier. Hole passes through shaft near top end.
- Material:
- Wood
Bamboo
Ivory
Brass - Dimensions:
- W-2 L-32.8 D-1.3 inches Weight-12.55 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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