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Object Number 44-35-10/27475
Display Title Quirt or riding whip. Made of wood and leather with multi-colored beadwork.
Descriptions
Object Description Quirt or riding whip. Made of wood and leather with multi-colored beadwork.
Inventory Description Whip, polychrome beaded shaft, zigzag designs, knobbed, long leather whip
Classification
  • Whip
Department Ethnographic
Date 1887-1894
Artist Apache prisoners (04/01/1887-01/01/1894)
Culture
  • Chiricahua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alabama
Dimensions Overall: 75 x 3 x 3 cm (29 1/2 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 44-35-10/27475
Provenance
Owner Augustus Hemenway
Intermediary Old South Church of Boston (06/14/1944)
Donor Hemenway Heirs (06/16/1944)

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