Quirt

Museum number:
2-68408
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020068408
Accession number:
Acc.4067
Description:
Braided leather, round braids of two different diameters ending in one round tapering braid, belt leather handle with metal rivet, braided leather thong at tip.
Donor:
Alice Elizabeth Fitzhugh and William M. Fitzhugh Jr.
Collection place:
Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
; Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mexican and Southwestern Native American
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.3 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Quirt, accession number 2-68408, described as Braided leather, round braids of two different diameters ending in one round tapering braid, belt leather handle with metal rivet, braided leather thong at tip.

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