very rare ukulele metal sytem walking cane

Ref : 5117

A very rare tin made ukulele, which is designed to play and copy the sound of a full-scale ukulele instrument - the entire cane is made of metal, painted black with a silvered end cap, which opens by a bayonet-fitting to reveal a removable section of the shaft, within which is the four-string box instrument - it makes a surprisingly large sound, and presumably was originally intended for street muscians or similar

Date circa: 1900

Country: American

~ overall length 92cm / 35.9in


price: price on application

Ref : 5117


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