Whip with three plaited leather lashes. The handle is straight and bound with twisted cord and ends in a knob covered in woven leather. There is a central section of the handle, edged on either end with leather covered ridges and decorated in between with stitched black and brown leather designs. [MOBB [OPS move] 20/07/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Whip with three plaited leather lashes. The handle is straight and bound with twisted cord and ends in a knob covered in woven leather. There is a central section of the handle, edged on either end with leather covered ridges and decorated in between with stitched black and brown leather designs. [MOBB [OPS move] 20/07/2016]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Ipswich Museum; PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1966
Date collected: By 1966
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Bound, Process Decorated, Process Stitched, Process Plaited, Process Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 34 mm, Length: max 708 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.1.1157

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