Accession No

Z 42534


Description

Walking stick with a roughly shaped bird's head grip/handle. Decorated with contrasting pale and dark cane binding.


Place

Americas; Caribbean; West Indies; Dominica


Period

late 19th- early 20th century


Source

Duckworth, Wynfrid Lawrence Henry [donor]; Skeat, Walter William [donor]; ?Skeat, Arthur Percival [collector]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 42534


Cultural Affliation

?Kalinago [?Carib]


Material

?Wood; Cane


Local Term


Measurements

30mm x 950mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Resembles the description for 1937.1320 C. Given a Z number in April 1987 (AL)
Event Date 1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Walking stick. Rough bird's head grip. Decorated with contrasting pale and dark cane binding
Event Date 25/1/1993
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Walter William Skeat may have acquired this from his younger brother, Arthur Percival Skeat, J.P., Crown Surveyor, and planter from Londonderry, Dominica. He laid out the boundaries of the Carib reserve in Dominica in 1902.
Event Date 11/11/2020
Author: rachel hand


Description (Labels & Markings)
Old paper label stuck to base reads 'Walking stick/ ?Domenica -- [/]/ Given by Walter Skeat/ to the Donor/ W.L.H. Duckworth/ Jesus Coll.'.

Event Date 6/11/2020
Author: rachel hand


Context (Acquisition Details)
Collected by Dr Wynfrid Lawrence Henry Duckworth, British anatomist, Reader in Human Anatomy and former Master of Jesus College.
Event Date 5/9/2022
Author: rachel hand


Description (Physical description)
Darker horizontal bands of plaited ratten broken and detached. Vegetable fibre biding at tip loose and becoming detached
Event Date 5/9/2022
Author: rachel hand


Context (Amendments / updates)
It is possibly that like the items in the series 1937.1320-2325, this is also from the Carib settlement in Dominica.
Event Date 29/1/2025
Author: Rachel Hand


Context (Amendments / updates)
The term Carib has been updated to include Kalinago in the Cultural Group field
Event Date 29/1/2025
Author: Rachel Hand


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