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Cane

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-5690

Description

Tapering cylinder of dark stained bamboo; grip formed from a poriton of the root; brass eye through body to hold a cord; black rubber tip.

Details

Descriptive Terms

canes (walking sticks)
accessories
bamboo (material)
root (plant material)
rubber (material)
bamboo (material)
Bamboo
Rubber
Root
CANE

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.952

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