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Title: Scrimshaw cane from family of Capt. Joseph Warren Holmes of Mystic Accession Number: 2002.87 Category: SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - CANES Type: cane Maker: Place: Date: before 1912 Materials: wood; whalebone; mother of pearl Description: Whalebone, mother of pearl, and wood cane from family of Captain Joseph Warren Holmes of Mystic, CT. Dark wood shaft with white tip and knob. Knob is turned and decorated with a black and white star surrounded by black dots; has brown cord attached which has 2 turned wooden acorn-shaped tassles. Shaft has fluted bottom, has mother of pearl inlaid arrows, diamonds (2.5 missing), hearts (2.5 missing), and crescents (1.5 missing). |
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