Meiji Era Japanese Walking Stick/Cane With Hand-Carved Samurai & Black Kite 89cm

Meiji Era Japanese Walking Stick/Cane W/ Hand-Carved Samurai & Black Kite - 89cm. This antique walking stick is made fully from 9 sections of bovine bone. On the top of the shaft, there is a hand-carved Samurai with his sword in a bees nest. Further down the shaft is a hand-carved black kite sitting on a large tree with a traditional Japanese landscape background and a replaced metal ferrule. Samurai were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century to their abolition in 1876.

They were the well-paid retainers of the daimyo. They had high prestige and special privileges such as wearing two swords.

Measures at: Length: 89cm Stick diameter: 3.5cm tapering to 2.2cm 520g. Get images that make Supersized seem small. Showcase your items with Auctiva's. The item "Meiji Era Japanese Walking Stick/Cane With Hand-Carved Samurai & Black Kite 89cm" is in sale since Monday, August 23, 2021. This item is in the category "Antiques\Woodenware\Walking Sticks/Canes".

thefisherman" and is located in Pontyclun. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Age: 1900-1940
• Antique: Yes
• Original/Repro: Original
• Primary Material: Wood/ Woodenware
• Product: Walking Sticks
• Product Sub-Type: Wooden Walking Sticks
• Style/ Period: Meiji Period
• Sub-Type: Bone

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