Quirt

Museum number:
5-7955
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007955
Alternate number:
28 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2175
Description:
Quirt; fiber cord handle with braided hemp fiber flagella; length: 84 cm. Made of vegetable fiber. Used for driving animals
Donor:
Jay Nolan and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bokeza village, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Bokeza village (near Zorzor) Loma
Culture or time period:
Loma
Collection date:
1964-65
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Quirt, accession number 5-7955, described as Quirt; fiber cord handle with braided hemp fiber flagella; length: 84 cm. Made of vegetable fiber. Used for driving animalsHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Quirt, accession number 5-7955, described as Quirt; fiber cord handle with braided hemp fiber flagella; length: 84 cm. Made of vegetable fiber. Used for driving animals
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Quirt, accession number 5-7955, described as Quirt; fiber cord handle with braided hemp fiber flagella; length: 84 cm. Made of vegetable fiber. Used for driving animals

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