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(2) SOUTH AMERICAN WALKING/OFFICE STAFFS (VARAS)

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Richard Burnside Goat: 36.5" x 8.5" - African American from Myrtle Beach South Carolina. Routinley visited the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach and created art for the staff as a tip. Died in October of 2021.

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Item Details

Description

prob. Peru, mid 1800’s
both silver mounted, one with silver cross and bells inscribed El Devoto...1848, 44.5”; the other, 43”
Ex the private collection of a Connecticut gentleman and his wife who resided for ten years in Latin America beginning in 1962.
A “vara” is an old Spanish measuring unit stick equaling about 43”, hence the name ‘Vara’ for these mayors’ staffs of office.