Folding Cane used by Dan Mancina to examine potential skate spots
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Dan Mancina began losing his eyesight in his mid-20s from Retinitis Pigmentosa, a hereditary disease in which most go blind by age 30. Using this folding cane to explore the areas he wants to skate, Mancina then grabs his board and skates the areas he has just tapped out with his cane. Not an easy task but a necessary one for pro skater Mancina who is a member of the Real Team, sponsored by REAL Skateboards. REAL is dedicated to the inclusion of all in their sport and have created a Braille skatedeck and are building an adaptive skate park with all proceeds from sales of the deck going to building the park.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 2018
- ID Number
- 2019.0122.01
- accession number
- 2019.0122
- catalog number
- 2019.0122.01
- user
- Mancina, Daniel
- Object Name
- cane
- cane, skateboarding
- Physical Description
- metal (body material)
- padding (handle material)
- elastic (wrist strap material)
- Measurements
- without wrist strap: 50 3/4 in x 1 in x 1 in; 128.905 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.54 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- web subject
- Sports
- name of sport
- skateboarding
- level of sport
- recreational
- web subject
- Disabilities
- Adaptive Sports
- Record ID
- nmah_1936345
