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Quirt made from tail of buffalo
Quirt made from tail of buffalo
Object Number 99-12-10/53040
Display Title Quirt made from tail of buffalo
Descriptions
Inventory Description Riding whip, buffalo tail, leather strap, red leather tied to hair
Classification
  • Whip
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Kiowa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Bone Leather Twine Bison
Dimensions Overall: 6 x 7 x 54 cm (2 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 21 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53040
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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