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Lot 2078
Group of Folk Art Snake Canes
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
American, 20th century, each comprised of painted and carved wood, (4) to include; the first, a metallic painted cane signed "Elijah", possibly for Elijah Smith (KY); the second, a polychrome painted cane, unsigned; the third, a cane carved with snake motif at the center, unsigned; and the last, a cane carved with a green garden snake twisting upwards from the end, unsigned.

The largest 42 in.

From the Collection of Archie Carter III and Michael Joyce, Greensboro, North Carolina

Some minor evidence of use wear.