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Start Over Object name Whip Object class Percussive weapons
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 7-58106, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 7-9112, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 16-11521, described as Wife beater" (cocosi); tapir hide whip with wood handle made by men; used disciplining female family members, grudge matches, and tests of endurance; length 3 feet, 5 inches.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 16-11526, described as Wife beater" (cocosi); tapir hide whip with wood handle made by men; used disciplining female family members, grudge matches, and tests of endurance; length 3 feet, 9 inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 5-11404, described as Whip, Ethiopia. December 18, 1969. 5-11404, acc no. 2579, file code 1.3. Collector: Rexford W. Barton. Donor: Mrs. Rexford W. Barton. Materials, techniques: whip cut from a single piece of Rhino hide; incised decoration at base of whip and at base of shaft; 2 holes for end insertion Context of use: prob. for control of pastoral animals Description: whip; rhinoceros hide; 124 cm. l.; 1.5 cm. w.;
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 3-14971, described as Braided cotton whip about 34" long. Called by the Spanish term "mecha" ("wick") in Popoluca, it is woven of 7 strands if native cotton at the time of a death. It is placed in the hand of the corpse at burial, and is believed used in the afterworld to whip dangerous animals from the path of the deceased.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 16-11505, described as Wife beater" (cocosi); tapir hide whip with wood handle made by men; used disciplining female family members, grudge matches, and tests of endurance; length 3 feet, 5½ inches.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 16-11534, described as Wife beater" (cocosi); tapir hide whip with wood handle made by men; used disciplining female family members, grudge matches, and tests of endurance; length 3 feet, 10½ inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 5-8470, described as Whip; black leather; double whips on each end of; handle; length: 115 cm. Made of hide. Used for mules, donkeys; said to be made of bull's penis.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 2-18837, described as Whip of leather thongs and human humerus.

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