A walking stick is a device used primarily to aid walking, provide postural stability or support, or assist in maintaining a good posture. Some designs also serve as a fashion accessory, or are used f
A walking stick
A classic late 19th century walking cane, sometimes also called a dress cane
Orthodox protodeacon holding a walking stick. Portrait by Ilya Repin, 1877 (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
A collection of various styles of walking sticks on display at the ethnology museum Els Calderers rural manor, Sant Joan, Mallorca
Andrew Pickens Butler was an American lawyer and United States senator from South Carolina who authored the Kansas-Nebraska Act with Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.
Daguerreotype of Senator Andrew P. Butler, 1849
Butler's cenotaph at the Congressional Cemetery