Walking sticks

The pharaohs in general were fond of carrying sticks, whether in their life time, in their hoes, daily life or in different ceremonies from the collection of canes. Their number were about 130 cane discovered in the Tomb of King Tut, from this point we can conclude that king Tut was an amateur collector of different kinds of sticks. Most of them were ceremonial sticks which they were not used during his lifetime while the others were for daily life usage.

Discovery:

These canes were discovered inside a lime stone box in the antechamber behind one of the funerary beds at the foot of the lion headed couch.

Material:

They are made of different materials, most of them are gilded wood and some are inlaid with ivory and ebony.

Shape:

They are taking different shapes, some are simple, plain sticks, some have curved ends and some of them have ends taking the shape and features of enemies.

Examples:

Ex. 1:

The unfinished cane: this cane was plain, undecorated and unfinished, so it was supposed that this cane was made by King Tut himself, and it was made out of wood.

Ex. 2:

The cane with two prisoners:

This cane as made out of gilded wood and inlaid with ivory and ebony. It has the shape of two inverted enemies or upside down. These two enemies were Nubian and Asiatic, we can recognized them from their facial features like the Nubian enemy with dark dolor of skin broad rose, thick lips and curly hair, while the Asiatic enemy with short straight hair, white color and long beard.

This cane has two functions:

To protect the king from any harm coming form these enemies

To show that the king has full control on them by putting his enemies on the ground

Ex. 3:

Long sticks

These were not walking sticks but used for of his fans as they are considered the lower part of his fans which were discovered inside his tomb.

Ex. 4:

Staffs

Among the collection which was found inside the lime stone box some staffs which used to be carried by the king in his hands.