Object Description
A long wooden cane with a decorative handle. The handle is shaped like a snake and decorated with red circular stamps with a central dot and scale patterns on the snake's body. On the handle is writing in black ink, reading, "METΣOθO."
Origin
Presented to Frank N Franeos in 1949 in Kontreva (outside Tripoli Arcadia) in appreciation of his support of the village. Frank was born in 1908 and immigrated to USA in 1922.
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Citation
Cane, 1960, National Hellenic Museum, https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/Detail/objects/7329. Accessed 11/13/25.