Whip handle

Museum number:
5-3210
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Alternate number:
B-110 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden whip handle with braided leather whips. Top of handle with two carved opposing horned animal heads. Handle.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ivory Coast; Tivi Prov.; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whips (striking tools)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
Handle:— length 10.25 inches and overall length:— width 33 inches
Comment:
Murdock 32:20Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-29-8
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Whip handle, accession number 5-3210, described as Carved wooden whip handle with braided leather whips. Top of handle with two carved opposing horned animal heads. Handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whip handle, accession number 5-3210, described as Carved wooden whip handle with braided leather whips. Top of handle with two carved opposing horned animal heads. Handle.

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