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Cane

Egyptian

Medium/Technique Wood
Dimensions Legacy dimension: 1.355 Length:
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4342
OUT ON LOAN
On display at The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, since June 15, 1988
ClassificationsPersonal accessories

DescriptionLight brown; knotty; glazed; small branch at top; somewhat cracked.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.