Presentation cane

ca. 1900 - 10

First Nations, Haida, 1839 - 1920

Edensaw made special objects for patrons, local officials and visiting dignitaries—such as carved canes that incorporated fine woods, sterling silver, and richly colored walrus ivory. Most include the provocative image of a snake wrapped around the shaft of the cane, small carved nubs made to imitate cut-off branches and a silver ferrule between the wood and ivory pieces.

Wood, abalone, silver, walrus ivory

2 1/2 in. (6.35 cm)

L.: 37 1/2 in.

Margaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund

93.5

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Native Visions: Northwest Coast Art, 18th Century to the Present, October 1, 1998 - January 31, 1999

Published ReferencesBrown, Steven C., Native Visions: Evolution in Northwest Coast Art from the Eighteenth Through the Twentieth Century, Seattle Art Museum, 1998, pg. 119

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