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1902.88.527.1

Elephant whip of cane with two loops. [MJD 15/11/2012]

1902.88.527.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Elephant whip of cane with two loops. [MJD 15/11/2012]
Long description
Elephant whip of cane with two loops. The whip is a continuous piece of cane curved to form two loops and held in position with bands of woven plant fibre and a strip of hide. The tip of the lash is bound with plant fibre. [MJD 15/11/2012]
Geographical reference
Thailand
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Thailand
Ulu Rhaman Ban Kassot
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1902
Date collected
1901 - 1902
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1902
Materials and processes
Material Cane Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Bent, Process Woven, Process Bound
Dimensions
Length: max 1100 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1902.88.527.1 Other numbers: 527
Research and responses

Thomas Nelson Annandale and Herbert Christopher Robinson undertook an expedition to Perak and the [then] Siamese Malay states in 1901-1902, under the auspices of the Universities of Edinburgh and Liverpool. The results of this expedition were published in Fasciculi Malayenses: Anthropological and Zoological Results of an Expedition to Perak and the Siamese Malay States, 1901-1902, published in London by Longmans, Green in four parts between 1903 and 1907. [SHD 17/5/2001]

Search terms: Animal Gear, Punishment and Torture, Whip, Animal Harness

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