Quirt

Museum number:
2-7140
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.176
Description:
With elk horn handle. Rawhide, 4 strand braid whip. Fur wrist loop.
Donor:
Francis La Flesche
Collection place:
Central Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Central Plains
Culture or time period:
Umoⁿhoⁿ
Collector:
Francis La Flesche
Collection date:
1901-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1905
Context of use:
For riding.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 26.5 centimeters
Comment:
Exhibited: UCLMA, "Plains Indians", 1971.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Quirt, accession number 2-7140, described as With elk horn handle. Rawhide, 4 strand braid whip. Fur wrist loop.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Quirt, accession number 2-7140, described as With elk horn handle. Rawhide, 4 strand braid whip. Fur wrist loop.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Quirt, accession number 2-7140, described as With elk horn handle. Rawhide, 4 strand braid whip. Fur wrist loop.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Quirt, accession number 2-7140, described as With elk horn handle. Rawhide, 4 strand braid whip. Fur wrist loop.

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