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  • Whalebone walking stick with skull pommel in ivory with green glass eyes, once owned by Charles Darwin
  • A man wearing a cloak and carrying a stick with three prongs. Watercolour by M.A. Azeez.
  • Whalebone walking stick with skull pommel in ivory with green glass eyes, once owned by Charles Darwin
  • Whalebone walking stick with skull pommel in ivory with green glass eyes, once owned by Charles Darwin
  • A musician playing a daf, an Indian percussion instrument, with sticks. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Left, an attendant holding a stick; right a sepoy (native soldier). Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A holy man holding a stick and a water pot. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A man holding a stick, standing beside an ox carrying a load. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A Chinese street vendor selling incense powders and sticks. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Dadley after Pu-Qua.
  • Example of two types of beating in Roman military punishment showing a beating either by sticks or rods
  • Henry Jenner, holding stick and wearing top hat and tails. Watercolour and ink attributed to S. Jenner, 1830/1840?.
  • A man carrying a basket and stick with a dog at his feet. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.
  • A burdar or servant holding a long stick, a badge of his office. Drawing by an Indian artist.
  • Five men beating three women with sticks in Ethiopia. Wood engraving by É. Bayard after G. Lejean, 1867.
  • Two beggars dressed in ragged clothing, one with a large stick, are walking together on the road. Etching.
  • Two men working at looms with an overseer carrying a large stick watching over them. Engraving after W. Hogarth.
  • A man is resting against a stone with a large bundle of wooden sticks in his hand. Coloured etching.
  • A skeleton dressed as an old man sits in his chair, holding a stick. Lithograph by L. Crusius, 1897.
  • A nurse carrying a bowl and candle-stick. Wood engraving by J. Orrin Smith after J. Kenny Meadows, 1840.
  • An old man dressed in rags with a hat made from rags holding a stick with both hands. Etching.
  • Two cloth-sellers (?), each carrying a stick and a pair of scissors. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A Chelsea Pensioner, seated, wearing a red coat and tricorn hat, holding a pipe and a stick. Watercolour painting.
  • A Mughal courtier with a scar on his face, leaning on a stick. Watercolour drawing by an Indian artist.
  • A nurse carrying a bowl and candle-stick. Wood engraving by J. Orrin Smith after J. Kenny Meadows, 1840.
  • A Persian man beats a div (demon) with a stick. Gouache painting by a Persian artist, ca. 1750 (?).
  • A servant standing on a carpet and holding a stick with a tiger head. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
  • A traveller laden with two bags around his shoulders leans on a stick and overlooks the countryside. Etching, 1815.
  • Saint Francis of Paula holding a walking stick and looking at the sun; sea in the background. Etching, 17--.
  • Children using chewing sticks to clean their teeth in Uganda. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health and WHO, ca. 2000.
  • A young African man posing naked, holding a stick and a piece of cloth, in front of a painted backdrop.