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Walking stick
Object Number 30-69-10/K65
Display Title Walking stick
Descriptions
Object Description Walking stick. "Walking cane of Diamond Willow. Made by "Long Soldier.""
Inventory Description Cane, carved leaf patterns on long straight shaft, knobbed ends
Classification
  • Cane
Department Ethnographic
Date Ca. 1883
Artist Long Soldier
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Dakota?
Additional Geographic Terms Standing Rock Agency
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 92.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm (36 7/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object K65
Credit Line Gift of Augustus Hemenway, 1930
Provenance
Collector James McLaughlin (1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary Mary T. Hemenway (1883 ca.)
Donor Old South Church of Boston (1930)

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