L-handle Cane
Artist/Maker Maker once known
Title

L-handle Cane

Date1800s
Mediumwhale skeletal bone, whale ivory, wood, non-ferrous metal
Dimensions3 3/8 × 7/8 × 35 3/4 in. (8.6 × 2.2 × 90.8 cm)
Object number00.22.5
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionTapered black wooden shaft, recessed at the bottom for a metal overlay tip (not present); fancywork silver ferrule; three-piece L-shaped handle, comprised of a panbone foreshaft, relief-carved with a pendant tassle or bell-pull device on a shield-like medallion; ovate panbone grip, fastened with a wooden post and two non-ferrous pins; convex whale ivory cap. Probably by the same hand as 1919.31.14.
On View
On view
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