Cane
- Object Name:
- Cane
- Object ID:
- 1906.005.13
- Place of Origin:
- Crawford Notch, NH
- Date:
- circa 1897
- Description:
- Cane. Souvenir of Willey Slide, Crawford Notch, NH. Slightly bent, tan wood with striped bark remaining. Dark brown and almost black finish to shaft and darkening small longitudinal grooves in sides of shaft. Two large knots, one about third of way from small end and other constitutes knob area. Wood tip. Eight smoothed, smaller branch stubs. ~2-3 distinct shapes to of shaft. Shaft diameter underneath knob end averages: 0.87". Shaft diameter of base averages ~0.62".
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- W-1.2 L-37.2 D-1.9 inches Weight-4.85 oz
- Provenance:
- Horace W. Harmon Collection. Harmon catalog entry #263: "Cane cut from spot where Willey family were killed, White Mountains, NH".
The Willey Slide occurred on the night of August 28, 1826. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
- People:
- Harmon, Horace W. (1844-1911)
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