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Object Number 30-69-10/K18
Display Title Quirt
Descriptions
Object Description Quirt or whip.
Inventory Description Whip, carved handle with red paint, horse tail loop one end, 2 leather whips oth
Classification
  • Whip
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Dakota
Additional Geographic Terms Standing Rock Agency
Dimensions Overall: 106 x 7.5 x 4 cm (41 3/4 x 2 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object K18
Provenance
Collector James McLaughlin (1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary Mary T. Hemenway (1883 ca.)
Donor Old South Church of Boston (1930)

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