Title

Eagle Head Cane

Date1800s

Mediumwhale ivory, wood, non-ferrous metal

Dimensions4 3/4 × 1 1/8 × 34 1/2 in. (12.1 × 2.9 × 87.6 cm)

Object number00.22.68

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionTapered wooden shaft, brass tip; curved handle formed from three segments of whale ivory with six bands of wood and four of whale ivory; the outermost segment full-round carved in the form of the head of an eagle, feathery texture carved in shallow relief, the eyes formed by a wooden dowel post in a drilled-through hole, the beak partly open; fastened to the shaft with a through-drilled wooden dowel.ProvenanceAcquired from (possibly) Elizabeth Watson per old card #785 from the old donor file. See 00.22.20.

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