Wooden walking cane belonging to Robert Burns

Key details

Object number: 3.4574
Date: 1770 to 1796
On display: Yes

Description

Wooden walking cane, or 'Wangee Rod', belonging to Robert Burns. Metal cap, inscribed 'R. Burns, Poet'. Metal cap on tapered pointed end.

The 'Wangee Rod' which reportedly belonged to Burns is a form of walking stick. He mentioned a walking stick in a letter he wrote in November 1790 from Ellisland Farm, Dumfries to his friend Mrs. Dunlop. It reads '...I seized my gilt headed Wangee Rod, an instrument indispensably necessary, in my left hand..'

Object information

Acquisition

28 April 1928

Material

Wood

Measurements

Diameter: 2.5(cm)
Height: 63(cm)

Themes

Burns The Man

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