Number: 31
Walking cane made of horn with a snake winding through heads, around 1900. The long nose of one of the three upper heads of the handle is wrapped around the front part of the snake, in the second, hollow head a male rear part is visible, below a female one. Winding her way through two men's heads with long noses, she emerges next to another female buttocks and the man's head, probably an Asian, winding her way to the end of the handle. The handle is attached to a wide brass collar and a bamboo shaft.
Total length 86 cm.
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