Whalebone Walking Stick with Tooth Handle and Lignum Vitae Spacer
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- Lignum Vitae - A West Indian wood, dark greenish brown in colour with black streaks and very dense, used both as a veneers, and for small objects where durability was important, including lawn bowls, snuff boxes, turned cups and bowls and other treen objects.
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