Cosh

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:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.MR 59 A
Date:	1830 - 1839 Around 1830
Material:	Cane, fine, or whalebone (?); twine; lead
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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