Crutch
1800-50 (made)
| Place of origin |
The shaft is cylindrical in form and fashioned from a single piece of dark wood carved with horizontal bands of stylised leaves or ‘scales’ decreasing in size as the shaft tapers towards the top, terminating in a ‘v’ shaped handle with a single horse head in profile at each end, the eyes inlaid with bone and the manes decorated with floral scrolls. The other end terminates in a double bulbous base carved with acanthus leaves.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Carved wood |
| Brief description | Carved wooden crutch, Iran, Qajar period, 1800-50 |
| Physical description | The shaft is cylindrical in form and fashioned from a single piece of dark wood carved with horizontal bands of stylised leaves or ‘scales’ decreasing in size as the shaft tapers towards the top, terminating in a ‘v’ shaped handle with a single horse head in profile at each end, the eyes inlaid with bone and the manes decorated with floral scrolls. The other end terminates in a double bulbous base carved with acanthus leaves. |
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| Object history | This object was purchased for 6 shillings in 1876. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 738-1876 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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