TODAY'S ITEM FOR AUCTION IS: ANTIQUE FIGURAL HEAD WALKING CANE 38" - BLACK, HEAD IS OF A DISTINGUISHED BLACK MAN. IT IS 38 INCHES TALL FROM TOP OF HEAD TO WHITTLED BOTTOM, THAT WAS ONCE COVERED. THE HEAD PIECE IS 3 1/4" TALL. THE WHITTLED BASE IS 1 1/2 INCHES TALL. THE CIRCUMFERENCE AT THE BASE OF THE HEAD IS 4". IN THE 3rd PHOTO, YOU WILL SEE A CRACK WHICH IS 1 1/2" FROM THE BASE OF THE HEAD UP. THE CIRCUMFERENCE AT THE START OF THE BASE IS 3". SO, A NICE TAPERED SHAPE. THE HEAD IS AN EBONY BLACK. THE CANE ITSELF WAS STAINED BLACK WE BELIEVE, AS THE UNDER WOOD APPEARS TO BE WALNUT? CAME OUT OF AN ESTATE IN AUBURN, NY IN THE 1980'S AND WAS IN A COLLECTORS HOME SINCE THEN IN CALIFORNIA.  THE AUBURN AREA DURING THE 1840'S AND ONWARD WAS HOME TO MANY ANTI-SLAVERY GROUPS. NOTE: WE ARE NOT EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD. WE SPOKE WITH VARIOUS COLLECTORS REGARDING THE HEAD PIECE, AND 4 OF 5 WE TALKED WITH SUGGESTED IT WAS A BLACK MAN.  PLEASE LOOK AND COME TO YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS, IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS LET US KNOW. 

 

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