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Image Not Available for Whip for use against enslaved people made of hippopotamus hide
Whip for use against enslaved people made of hippopotamus hide
Image Not Available for Whip for use against enslaved people made of hippopotamus hide
Object Number 04-45-50/64154
Display Title Whip for use against enslaved people made of hippopotamus hide
Descriptions
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Umbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms Benquilla, 300 mi east of

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Whip for use against enslaved people (Shicott) made of elephant's skin
98-3-50/51439 Whip for use against enslaved people (Shicott) made of elephant's skin
Tools
Africa
Whip for use against enslaved people
98-3-50/51436 Whip for use against enslaved people
Tools
Africa
Whip for use against enslaved people
98-3-50/51437 Whip for use against enslaved people
Tools
Africa
Whip for use against enslaved people
27-43-50/B4380 Whip for use against enslaved people
Tools
Liberia
Whip for use against enslaved people
98-3-50/51438 Whip for use against enslaved people
Tools
Africa
Hippopotamus hide whip
28-11-50/B4415 Hippopotamus hide whip
Whip
Tanganyika Territory
Shackle for use on enslaved people
23-33-50/B3571 Shackle for use on enslaved people
Tools
Angola
Two piece wooden shackle for use on the wrists of enslaved people
04-45-50/64156 Two piece wooden shackle for use on the wrists of enslaved people
Tools
Angola
Two piece wooden shackle for use on the legs of enslaved people
04-45-50/64155 Two piece wooden shackle for use on the legs of enslaved people
Tools
Angola
Hippo hide whips
23-33-50/B3548.1 Hippo hide whips
Unclassified
Raw Material
Angola
Hippo hide whips
23-33-50/B3548.2 Hippo hide whips
Unclassified
Raw Material
Angola
One whip made of twisted hide of some large animal like an elephant
46-78-50/6107 One whip made of twisted hide of some large animal like an elephant
Whip
Africa