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Cane

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and Accessories

GUSN

GUSN-170800

Description

Straight cane with ivory handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

canes (walking sticks)
accessories
oak (wood)
ivory (tooth component)
Cane

Inscription

From the old oak of/Mount Auburn R. M. Lo died/Nov. 1 1845. A token to his friend/S. W. Phillips. (cut into)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

36 1/4 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1153

Places

Probably Massachusetts (United States)
Probably Mount Auburn (Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [peak]

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