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Object Number 99-12-10/53039
Display Title Quirt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Whip, perforated wood handle, braided leather whip, fur extensions.
Classification
  • Whip
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Kiowa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Dimensions Overall: 51 x 15.3 x 3.2 cm (20 1/16 x 6 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53039
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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