Diamond-Willow Cane
Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- Artists decorate canes with a wide variety of images, from traditional carvings of snakes and birds, to nude women, political figures, and celebrities. Some artists highlight the natural shape of the wood by applying relief designs onto twisted branches and roots, while others carve three-dimensional shapes into the shaft. Images of animals are the most popular decoration, but many canes also show patriotic, fraternal, and political themes. (George Meyer, American Folk Art Canes, 1992)
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Date
- probably 20th century
- Object number
- 1986.65.14
- Artist
- Unidentified
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Folk Art
- Medium
- carved, painted, and lacquered Diamond willow
- Dimensions
- 37 1/4 x 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 in. (94.6 x 4.9 x 4.9 cm)
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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
- Topic
- Animal\reptile\snake
- Object\foliage
- Object\flower
- Record ID
- saam_1986.65.14
