Cane

Object Name:

Cane

Object ID:

1907.009.02

Description:

Cane. Made of sugar cane with deer antler handle. 2" brass finial on bottom. Cord through eyelet at top of cane just below handle. Possibly brass-plated silver. Ferrule and grommet at top appear to be either brass-plate or heavily corroded brass. Ferrule definitely brass. Six segments on sugar cane shaft. Ferrule at bottom, 2.3" long. Three groups of five decorative grooves around diameter, in three segments with larger groove between them. Ferrule held with pin. Just below handle, possibly silver grommet with cord passing through it. Grommet oval-shaped on outside on both sides. Above that, ferrule just below antler handle. Ferrule 0.4" long with four decorative grooves on it. Section of antler (straight) above it, at junction of skin due to flared area around end of it. Above that, smooth area with flat end. Sides of antler below cleared area rough and striated. At flat surface at top, metal plate 0.4" x 0.4", slightly-rounded corners; it could be partially inlaid into ends of antler; initials engraved in top, "LFC" in script.

Material:

Wood
Metal
Skeletal

Dimensions:

W-1 L-34.9 D-1 inches Weight-2.6 oz

Provenance:

Bequest of Anna M. Morse (1843-1905) of Keene, NH.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Anna M. Morse

People:

Morse, Anna M. (1843-1905)

Subjects:

Canes