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Object Number 40-79-10/22515
Display Title Leather quirt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Whip, braided leather, loop at fringed handle, 2 tails
Classification
  • Whip
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Southwest
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Leather
Dimensions Overall: 75 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm (29 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-79-10/22515/ 16/1369
Provenance
Collector Capt. John G. Bourke (1869-1880)
Donor Mrs. Sarah Bourke James (1940)

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