Accession Number: 2007.33.55
Description: Six-segment folding long cane, double weave elastic cord; aluminum segments are enameled in acrylic white epoxy, bottom segment is anodized red; bottom of each segment flares to fit over conical shape of the segment below, designed to "automatically" open and lock into place; straight handle with black rubber bicycle style grip, stippled pattern, black nylon elastic loop; red nylon standard pencil tip with screw eye to secure bottom end of the elastic cord assembly; cast in grip, "HUNT WILDE CORPORATION".
Height: 50.25
Date Made: ca. 1973
Maker: Hycor, Inc.
Place of Origin: Woburn, MA
Collection: AER O&M Division C. Warren Bledsoe Archives
History/Provenance: AER O&M Division C. Warren Bledsoe Archives
Credit Line: Gift of Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
Subjects: Blindness Rehabilitation Orientation & Mobility Canes for the blind
Dimension Notes: overall
Made: Hycor, Inc.
Material: Aluminum, rubber, nylon
Exhibit Label: Cane, Folding
Updated: 04/02/2015
