Title
L-handle Cane
Date19th Century
Mediumwhale skeletal bone, wood, non-ferrous metal, ferrous metal
Dimensions3 1/4 × 7/8 × 34 3/8 in. (8.3 × 2.2 × 87.3 cm)
Object number1919.31.34
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionTapered wooden shaft; three-piece lower shaft of ebony band, non-ferrous metal ferrule, and ferrous metal tip; beaded silver ferrule with the engraved initials "JC" ["I.C."]; two-piece L-shaped panbone handle, the foreshaft portion relief carved with four raised oblong, pointed panels; the plain grip at a right angle to the shaft.On View
Not on view
Circa 1840
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