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Quirt
Object Number 38-44-10/12902
Display Title Quirt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Whip, scalloped carved handle, painted, 2 twined leather whips inserted at end
Classification
  • Whip
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Wood, Leather, Twine
Dimensions Overall: 47 x 4 x 3.2 cm (18 1/2 x 1 9/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-44-10/12902
Provenance
Collector Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman (1888-1916)
Donor Mrs. Henry H. Richardson (1938)

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