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Cane

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-5698

Description

Cylindrical shaft; black wooden grip with the initial "M" incised in Old English script.

Details

Descriptive Terms

canes (walking sticks)
accessories
incising
wood (plant material)
Incised
CANE

Inscription

""M""

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.960

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