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Object Number
98-3-50/51437
Display Title
Whip for use against enslaved people
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Whip, animal hide tightly twisted into 4 strands with handle
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Congo River?
Materials
Hide, Sinew, Rawhide
Dimensions
Overall: 61.3 x 4 x 2.5 cm (24 1/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
51437
Provenance
Collector
Dr. W. E. Faulkner
(1898)
Collector
Dr. H. K. Faulkner
(1898)
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