CANE WITH EXTENSIVE INLAY AND WHALE IVORY CLENCHED FIST HANDLE Handle carved as a clenched right fist, with triangular mother-of-pea...

CANE WITH EXTENSIVE INLAY AND WHALE IVORY CLENCHED FIST HANDLE Mid-19th Century

Handle carved as a clenched right fist, with triangular mother-of-pearl inlay and sawtooth baleen or shell inlay at area of wrist. Collar comprised of bands of baleen, whale ivory and exotic wood; wood segments with alternating diamond-shaped mother-of-pearl and contrasting wood inlay. Wood shaft with sawtooth mother-of-pearl inlay at top. Whale ivory ferrule separated from shaft with a thin baleen band. Length 33".

Provenance:

Nina Hellman, Nantucket, Massachusetts.

The Collection of Paul Vardeman.

Condition: Whale ivory components with age lines. One baleen ring is chipped.

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