Cane
- Object Name:
- Cane
- Object ID:
- 1906.005.20
- Place of Origin:
- Lookout Mountain, TN
- Date:
- 1863-1895
- Description:
- Cane. Wood and brass. Knotty wood with two small branches twined in twisted pattern about two thirds of the length. Metal ferrule and a rounded off top. Dark bark slightly ridged. Carving near the top reads "Look out Mt." Something missing at top of "k". Hole or oval divot that goes through missing area. Something clear at hole at other end. Shaft diameter at top: 0.85" x 0.88". Diameter at bottom near ferrule: 0.63" x 0.65". Ferrule length: .084", plated brass with pin holding it in place. Bottom slightly concave. Ferrule sides bent possibly to form with wood underneath it. Seven branches on sides cut off, left short with flat tips. Two opposite branches near top wrapped clockwise around shaft, extend downward. Their ends beveled. ~5 small brads holding branches in place at different locations. Shaft: one fairly good size shallow arc from top to bottom. A couple cut lines around small piece missing near base.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- W-2.3 L-36.1 D-1.6 inches Weight-9.8 oz
- Provenance:
- Horace W. Harmon Collection. Harmon catalog entry #194: "Cane from Lookout Mt. presented by M. S. Gibson of Lookout Mt. Inn."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
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