Walking Stick
Unidentified Tswana
1941
Wood, pigment
Overall: 37 7/8 × 3 3/8 × 1 3/8 in. (96.2 × 8.5 × 3.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2005.76
Geography
Place Made: Botswana, Southern Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Cane
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Carved, on front: 1941.BACWAnA; carved, on back: PriC.196
Course History
HIST 66, AAAS 15, History of Africa since 1800, Naaborko Sackeyfio, Spring 2013
Provenance
From an old colonial collection; English Estate Sale, early 1980's; purchased by Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 2005.
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