Artist:

Unidentified  Search this

Medium:

carved and lacquered hard maple with metal

Dimensions:

36 1/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (91.7 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm.)

Type:

Sculpture

Folk Art

Date:

probably 20th century

Luce Center Label:

The words on this cane, which can be read by turning the shaft round and round, celebrate Thomas Jefferson and his accomplishments as author of the Declaration of Independence, U.S. president, and founder of the University of Virginia (Lynda Hartigan, Made with Passion, 1990).

Topic:

Animal\reptile\snake  Search this

Architecture Exterior\detail\window  Search this

Emblem\Masonic  Search this

Architecture Exterior\domestic\Monticello  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

Object number:

1986.65.7

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 28A

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk73e3885cb-40ad-4a06-b572-acf0e0eb74e9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1986.65.7