Ivory-Headed Wooden Cane, 19th Century
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This lightweight round tapered wooden cane is topped by a turned ivory knob, which was cracked on three sides and repaired. The knob is fastened to the cane by a screw countersunk in a metal washer. A little over an inch below the bottom of the ivory knob is a hole pierced through the shaft, possibly for a lanyard to hang it. The shaft is a light-colored stained wood, possibly oak. At the bottom end is a brass ferrule ending in a pointed steel tip. The sharp tip may indicate use as a winter cane, to pierce ice or snow on the street or sidewalk.
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: 1994.0217.04
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0217.04
label: accession number
content: 1994.0217
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cane, walking
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory, marine, handle (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wooden shaft (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 90.5 cm x 3.4 cm; 35 5/8 in x 1 5/16 in