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Walking Stick

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1878

GUSN

GUSN-64262

Description

Black cane with gold repousses head engraved, steel ferrule, brown tube.

Details

Descriptive Terms

walking sticks
accessories
staining
ebony (color)
gold (metal)
wood (plant material)
Stick, Walking
Cane
Ebonized
Gold Plate
Cane

Associated Person

Bowen, Henry Chandler, 1813-1896

Associated Events

Christmas (1878)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

36 1/2 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothea S. K. Richardson

Accession Number

1981.5

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