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Date
1900 – 1940
Material
wood; skin; metal
Catalogue Number
103.08.0166
Description
A rustic cane made of a straight branch stripped of bark with a metal (possibly brass) tip. There is a leather thong of buckskin wrapped just below the handle. The handle has a natural break and a smoothly rounded knob.
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Title
Cane
Date
1900 – 1940
Material
wood; skin; metal
Dimensions
4.0 (handle) x 78.5; 6.0 (hhandle) cm
Description
A rustic cane made of a straight branch stripped of bark with a metal (possibly brass) tip. There is a leather thong of buckskin wrapped just below the handle. The handle has a natural break and a smoothly rounded knob.
Subject
assistive device
hiking
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0166
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Date
1933 – 1945
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
103.08.1023
Description
Round one piece cane with bark, Jimmy Simpson's, top bent into handle 16.9 long, handle is bent again with a knob, tapers slightly to bottom, a brass collar 1.8 wide is affixed to end, hole in centre of end, 4/5ths up handle is a silver collar 2.7 wide screwed onto shaft, embossed is trail hikers e…
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Title
Cane
Date
1933 – 1945
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
94.0 cm
Description
Round one piece cane with bark, Jimmy Simpson's, top bent into handle 16.9 long, handle is bent again with a knob, tapers slightly to bottom, a brass collar 1.8 wide is affixed to end, hole in centre of end, 4/5ths up handle is a silver collar 2.7 wide screwed onto shaft, embossed is trail hikers emblem of alpenstock and with SLTH CR, "W" incised into handle
Subject
sports
hiking
Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Jimmy Simpson
Credit
Gift of Yves Muselle, 1972
Catalogue Number
103.08.1023
Images
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