Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Description
- Small house whip made of a thick piece of leather that tapers outward from the square base and is cut into multiple tails at the end. The leather is a dark grey color and flat. There are several leather strips at the end of the whip, with the opposite end consisting of a cut leather handle. The leather is extremely stiff and cracking throughout.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- 1850s
- Object number
- 2014.312.111
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- whips (slavery artifacts)
- Medium
- leather
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 17 1/2 × 4 × 3/8 in. (44.5 × 10.2 × 1 cm)
- Place collected
- Darien, McIntosh County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Weapons and Ammunition
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Slavery
- Violence
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.312.111
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5842716e6-39fc-430d-be99-62f61c9b2d25
