Cosh

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This cosh dates from around 1830 and was said to have been made and carried by a man who regularly travelled between Humbie in East Lothian and Edinburgh in the 1830s.

The cosh consists of a stick made of strands of twisted fine cane originally covered with string or twine. At either end are two round pieces of lead.

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• Online ID: 000-100-103-791-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MR 59 A
• Date: 1830 - 1839
  Around 1830
  
• Material: Cane, fine, or whalebone (?); twine; lead
  Man defender / cosh
  
• Dimensions: 285 mm L
  
• What: Man defender / cosh
  
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• Where: East Lothian, Humbie
  Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
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• Description: Man defender, or cosh, consisting of a stick made of strands of twisted fine cane which was originally covered with string or twine, from Edinburgh about 1830
  
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