Title
Chamfered Cube Walking Stick
Date19th Century
Mediumwhale skeletal bone, whale ivory
Dimensions1 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 36 5/8 in. (3.2 × 3.2 × 93 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.464
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionShaft of whale skeletal bone divided by carved bands into five sections: lower section plain, middle three sections carved in spiral patterns, upper section in a cross-hatch/diamond pattern; diamond faceted, chamfered-corner cube knob pommel (14-sided polyhedron).Provenance16 walking sticks together: S-274 -A through -P (2001.100.459 through 2001.100.474); Kendall Whaling Museum; NBWMOn View
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