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Wood and ivory cane
cane
SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - CANESmarad; scrimshaw
wood; ivory
LOA 35-1/4 in.
Cane with ivory knob carved in shape of turk's head knot. Top of palm wood staff octagonal and tapers to become rounded. Octagonal section inlaid with whalebone, baleen and mother-of-pearl diamond-shaped inlays, whalebone 5-pointed star-shaped inlays, mother-of-pearl quarter moons. Hole through the top of the staff. Tip of staff whalebone.
1939.1857