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Object Number
2004.33.3
Display Title
Quirt
Descriptions
Object Description
Quirt of rawhide and harness leather braided over metal rod. Cowboy style with double tassel, contrasting pink and white pigmented strips, combining native and commercial leather, with the upper end fringed between the pommel and the quirt shaft. The handle proper, probably missing its grip, now has a plain hide surface with two stitched securing the straps. Missing wrist loop.
Inventory Description
Whip, metal quirt covered in rawhide, braided leather harness, double tassel
Classification
- Whip
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1880-1929
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials
Rawhide, Leather, Metal, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 54.1 x 6 x 3 cm (21 5/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2004.33.3
Credit Line
Gift of Putnam Ballou McDowell A. B. 1946
Provenance
Owner
Barbara Bamford Ballou
(1954 - 1954)
Owner
Latimer Willis Ballou
(1954)
Collector
William Henry Bisbee
Donor
Putnam B. McDowell
(1954 - 11/17/04)
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