Whip

Museum number:
2-9203
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
97 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.14
Description:
Blue horsehair attached to hide-covered stick, blue painted. Changed from 2-4912 3/9/1903, reason not given.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Dakota
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott
Collection date:
1903
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whips (striking tools)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Context of use:
Probable use is as a ceremonial whip used at dances to encourage the audience to participate (George Horse Capture, 1973).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 2-9203, described as Blue horsehair attached to hide-covered stick, blue painted. Changed from 2-4912 3/9/1903, reason not given.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 2-9203, described as Blue horsehair attached to hide-covered stick, blue painted. Changed from 2-4912 3/9/1903, reason not given.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 2-9203, described as Blue horsehair attached to hide-covered stick, blue painted. Changed from 2-4912 3/9/1903, reason not given.

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