Bone and Ivory Cane, 19th Century
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This short, elegant cane is fashioned of only three pieces. Two long, tapered round pieces of bone (whale?) are securely fastened together in the middle; the handle is a single uncarved porpoise tooth. Measuring only 33-1/2 in. long and in almost perfect condition, this light, highly polished cane may have belonged to a woman or child.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Scrimshaw
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Lawrence N. Ravick, Pittsburgh PA
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0217.05
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0217.05
label: accession number
content: 1994.0217
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cane, walking
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory, marine (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 85.4 cm x 2.2 cm; 33 5/8 in x 7/8 in