Memento mori cane depicting Death and Maiden, about 1840-1860
Unknown Maker (Continental), European, 19th century
about 1840-1860
Carved elephant ivory handle on solid baleen shaft
Overall: 38 1/16 × 3 3/16 in. (96.7 × 8.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Judith D. and Charles H. Hood, Class of 1951
2016.36.18
Geography
Place Made: Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Cane
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Engraved on tombstone: ci ciT; numbered, in black felt tip, on white label printed "BUYER'S NUMBER" on ferule: 27
Provenance
Collected by Judith D. and Charles H. Hood (1929-2016), Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, date unknown; given to present collection, 2016.
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