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Artifact

Walking Stick

Description

  • Walking stick or cane made of bamboo with metal at the bottom end. 
  • Top of the cane has a bulbous formation with circles carved in it. 
  • The shaft of the cane is decorated with monkeys and a snake which wraps around the shaft. 
  • The design has been carved and then painted. 
  • There are Japanese characters at the bottom of the design, probably naming the artist. 

Background Information

  • Purchased as a memento by Robert Rawlings who drilled in Sumatra on two contracts between 1880 and 1902. 

Map Location

Latitude: 35° 27' 37.483" N
Longitude: 139° 34' 52.108" E

Date

1880-1902

Dimensions

inches
Length:
35.2
Width:
1.7
Height:
1.7

Events, Places, People

  • Robert Rawlings
  • Japan

Originating Location

Asia›Japan

Subject

  • A light brown bamboo walking stick with a piece of metal on the end. The handle is bulbous and has circles carved into it. The shaft is decorated with images of monkeys and a snake that wraps around the cane.
  • The handle of a bamboo walking stick. It is light brown and has circles carved into it. There is a hole in the end where a piece has broken off.
  • The base of a bamboo cane. There is a piece of brass-coloured metal on the bottom. The shaft of the cane is brown and smooth.
  • Japanese characters have been carved into the shaft of a cane and then painted red and black.
  • Two monkeys, one above the other, carved onto the shaft of a walking cane and then painted brown. One is crouched and the other is reaching up towards the first.

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