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Walking-stick harmonica, C
Date: 1890 ca.
Place Made:France, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
MarkingsStamped on handle: 800
Stamped on handle: A
Stamped on handle: A
DescriptionIn the mid-to-late 19th and early 20th centuries, many styles of walking sticks were produced with instruments built in, like this walking stick harmonica. The handle is silver and has blow-only reeds. The stick is ebonized wood with a brass ferrule at the lower end.
DimensionsLength of cane: 914 mm
Length of Harmonica: 95 mm
Width of Harmonica: 19.8 mm
Length of Harmonica: 95 mm
Width of Harmonica: 19.8 mm
ProvenancePurchased by donor, October 1996.
Terms
Credit Line: Alan G. Bates Collection, 2000
Not on view
Object number: 08949