Whip

Museum number:
5-6047
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006047
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Whip; untanned hippo or camel (?) hide twisted around stick for half of length; L. 184 cm.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Lothagam, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Kenya; Lothagam; Turkana
Culture or time period:
Turkana
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whips (striking tools)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 5-6047, described as Whip; untanned hippo or camel (?) hide twisted around stick for half of length; L. 184 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 5-6047, described as Whip; untanned hippo or camel (?) hide twisted around stick for half of length; L. 184 cm.

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