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Wooden cane with engraved decorative motifs

1920s

Georgia, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A cane carved from a single piece of wood. Curved handle at top has a skull carved in relief on either side. Motifs engraved up and down the cane include dice, diamonds, crosses, hearts, and overlapping circles.

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2014.312.291

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