Whip

Museum number:
5-8471
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
79 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2569
Description:
Whip; light-colored wood, curved handle; length: 42.3 cm. Made of wood. Worked with butter fat to make pliable.
Donor:
David Solomon and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Assela, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Ethiopia; Assela
Collector:
David Solomon
Collection date:
1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whips (striking tools)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
October 1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 5-8471, described as Whip; light-colored wood, curved handle; length: 42.3 cm. Made of wood. Worked with butter fat to make pliable.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 5-8471, described as Whip; light-colored wood, curved handle; length: 42.3 cm. Made of wood. Worked with butter fat to make pliable.

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