E0798: Walking Stick

Ethnographic

Identifier:
E0798
Classification Category:
3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Personal Gear
Materials:
botanical ➔ wood
Dimensions:
135.5 cm L
3 cm W
Provenance of Object:
This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Description:
A wooden walking stick that is slightly bowed.
Related Collections
Accession: 1996.ETHN62, 1/1/96
Donated by: Unknown
(1996.ETHN62)