Wooden cane with engraved decorative motifs
date: label: Date
content: 1920s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A cane carved from a single piece of wood. Curved handle at top has a skull carved in relief on either side. Motifs engraved up and down the cane include dice, diamonds, crosses, hearts, and overlapping circles.
place: label: Cultural Place
content: Georgia, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Folklife
label: Topic
content: Hoodoo
label: Topic
content: Religion
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.291
objectType: label: Type
content: canes
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 35 1/16 × 6 5/16 × 1 9/16 in. (89 × 16 × 4 cm)