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1919.29.38

Whip of hippopotamus hide. [MJD 05/11/2012]

1919.29.38

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Collection type
Object
Description
Whip of hippopotamus hide. [MJD 05/11/2012]
Long description
Whip of hippopotamus hide. Remains of a loop at the end of the handle. There is a band of string binding around the lash. [MJD 05/11/2012]
Person
Field collector Harry Hamilton Jackson
PRM source Harry Hamilton Jackson
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1919
Date collected
By 1919
Acquisition information
Donated: 1919
Materials and processes
Material Hippo Skin Animal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 1600 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1919.29.38
Research and responses

Kurbash appears to be an generic arabic term for a whip, used in Egypt as well as the Sudan. See also 1910.4.11 [RTS 28/1/2004].

Search terms: Animal Gear, Punishment and Torture, Whip

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