Smithsonian American Art Museum
Cane inscribed THIS CANE WAS CUT NEAR JEFFERSONS TOMB
Unidentified · probably 20th century
The words on this cane, which can be read by turning the shaft round and round, celebrate Thomas Jefferson and his accomplishments as author of the Declaration of Independence, U.S. president, and founder of the University of Virginia (Lynda Hartigan, Made with Passion, 1990).
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