Whip fragment

Museum number:
2-5265
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
78 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.131 and Acc.52
Description:
Whip fragment made of braided skin, 8 strand.
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Southern Plains tribes
Collector:
Francis La Flesche
Collection date:
1901-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fragments (object portions) and Whips (striking tools)
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1904 and September 8, 1902
Context of use:
Possibly whip/quirt section.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 43 centimeters
Comment:
Possibly whip/quirt section.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Whip fragment, accession number 2-5265, described as Whip fragment made of braided skin, 8 strand.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whip fragment, accession number 2-5265, described as Whip fragment made of braided skin, 8 strand.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whip fragment, accession number 2-5265, described as Whip fragment made of braided skin, 8 strand.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whip fragment, accession number 2-5265, described as Whip fragment made of braided skin, 8 strand.

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