Title
Presentation Walking Stick
Date19th Century
Mediumwalrus ivory, wood, metal
Dimensions1 3/8 × 1 3/8 × 35 1/2 in. (3.5 × 3.5 × 90.2 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.1235
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionPlain wooden shaft, brass tip, silver band ferrule inscribed "Maj Josiah Stevens / to / John A. Head", tapered octagonal walrus ivory pommel handle, the top relief-carved image looks like a fox but is purported to be a weasel (?ferret ?otter).ProvenanceRider Collection, Hamilton, Mass. 1966On View
On view
19th Century
mid 19th Century
mid 19th Century
19th Century
19th Century
19th Century
19th Century
1725-1960
19th Century
Robinson, Fred W.
