Object ID:
2007.33.42
Title:
"Mark Rod" long cane
Description:
Tubular rigid white fiberglass long cane, tapers from 3/4 to 3/8"; clear finish; yellow plastic cap in top with brown woven wrist loop; 6" red tape on bottom above slip-over friction-fit 5/8" diameter white Delrin (a DuPont plastic) tip with chamfered shoulders.
Dimensions:
H-50.5 Dia-0.75 inches
Date:
1969
Made by:
Kossick, Rod; Mahnke, Mark
Place of Origin:
Seattle, WA
Provenance:
Developed by Rod Kossick and Mark Mahnke at the Northwest Regional Rehabilitation Center for the Blind, in Seattle, in 1969.
Advertised in the June 1969 issue of the Long Cane News. See notes.
Advertised in the June 1969 issue of the Long Cane News. See notes.
Credit Line:
Gift of Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
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Mark Rod cane
Mark Rod cane grip detail
Mark Rod cane tip detail
Mark Rod cane
Mark Rod cane grip detail
Mark Rod cane tip detail