Whip

Museum number:
5-7851
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007851
Alternate number:
82 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Whip; twisted hippo hide forming handle at one end, tapering to point at other end; length: 150 cm. Used by herdsmen, men or boys, to drive cattle. Collected Dec. 1966.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Moroto; Karamojong (Murdock 43:21)
Culture or time period:
Karamojong
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
Dec. 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whips (striking tools)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 5-7851, described as Whip; twisted hippo hide forming handle at one end, tapering to point at other end; length: 150 cm. Used by herdsmen, men or boys, to drive cattle. Collected Dec. 1966.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whip, accession number 5-7851, described as Whip; twisted hippo hide forming handle at one end, tapering to point at other end; length: 150 cm. Used by herdsmen, men or boys, to drive cattle. Collected Dec. 1966.

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