While the image isn’t as clear as it could be, this does appear to be an outdoor caning!! From the position involved it also looks like some backhand strokes are being given, which, for anyone who has handled a cane, is very difficult to control. The picture looks to be from around the early 1920s and my guess is that it is a F/F image.
This is what you get for being a tree-hugger.
She says.
Thanks Richard.
Although it’s in shadow I got the sense that the ‘canee’ is smiling, which is certainly true of the caner, so it looks like it’s posed for fun, hence the backhand.
Rich,
They were a century ahead of their time 😉
Rich
Theo,
I didn’t pay as much attention to it until you mentioned that, but yes, there is definitely a smirk coming from the recipient 😉
Rich