To my knowledge, it was never used outside; it hung inside from the screw eye at the top of the piece. The pole is just over 50″ tall and is 4″ in diameter at the base. It was hand turned on a lathe and the holes where the piece was mounted to the lathe are still evident on the bottom. I believe it was turned as two separate pieces and then joined (see fourth picture). It retains almost all of its original paint. The item “Vintage 50 Wooden Barber’s Pole” is in sale since Tuesday, January 03, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Advertising\Merchandise & Memorabilia\Store Displays”. The seller is “keeks80″ and is located in Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, CL, CO, CR, DO, PA, TT, GT, SV, HN, JM.