Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2016
Lot 651
Henry Morton Stanley. A commemorative cane carved ash
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000
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Description
Henry Morton Stanley. A commemorative cane
carved ash, the finial carved as a head of H M Stanley above a rotating cage with brass pins, with a crocodile head below, with a central shaft with a pair of entwined snakes, the base with an open hand issuing the above with a tapering tip,
93.5cm long.
Henry Morton Stanley 1841 - 1904.
British explorer, famous for his rescue of fellow explorer David Livingstone.