Cane

Object Name:

Cane

Object ID:

1995.506.06

Description:

Cane. Medium brown wood shaft with slight bend near top. At base, brass ferrule tarnished. Top edge turned over in a couple spots. Top end flat. Top edges chamfered slightly. From top to bottom: Smooth band 0.6" wide. Two incised lines. Alternating V-shapes with alternating triangles. Two more incised lines. Plain band, 1.3" high. Two more incised lines. Row of alternating triangles. Tall area, ~9.5" from top to bottom. Shield shape raised near bottom with darkened decorations in surface. Two incised lines around its edge. Fanciful plant above it, perhaps verging on cactus-like. On top of it, eagle-like predator standing upright, facing right, wings spread off to side. Snake in its proper right talon that wraps across front, then held by beak. Bulbous head to snake above eagle. Slight rectangular shape above that, which points upward with rounded top edge. Raised above background as eagle, snake, and cactus. From this shape, incised lines radiating in all directions. Primary surface on back side of this area smooth and sunken below surface of cane. From top, elongated V-shape with incised decorations that extends down into plain area. Another V-shape opposite it that comes up from bottom. Long, fanciful, narrow leaves with incised veining below that, which extend all the way down to tip. Leaves ~3" long with stems leading to other leaves above them. Background series of horizontal incised lines with dark finish. Leaves lighter-colored wood with some smaller darkened patches on them. Back near top, upper V-shape has letters incised in it that extend downward: "COFFEE" in fairly straight lines. "O" slightly-curved sides. "C" made of straight segments. "EE" all straight lines. Below that, blank area, then word incised in V-shaped area "MEXICO".

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

W-1.45 L-34.9 D-1.4 inches Weight-11.8 oz

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

Subjects:

Canes