Wife beater" (cocosi); tapir hide whip with wood handle made by men; used disciplining female family members, grudge matches, and tests of endurance; length 4 feet, 9½ inches.
Donor:
John Howland Rowe, Patsy Jean Adams, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
San Bernardo village, Upper Purús River, Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru; Upper Purús River; San Bereardo village; Culina tribe
Culture or time period:
Culina
Collector:
Patsy Jean Adams
Collection date:
1966
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whips (striking tools)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1964 and 1966
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Comment:
Kensinger gives name in idiom as "Ainbu Kuxati" (ain=woman, bu=collective, Kuxa=to beat, ti=thing); see accession envelope and file card for 16-11504 for additional information.