Whip
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- Date created
- 1960-1980
- Culture/People
- Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- Collection History
- Acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from an unknown source at an unknown date; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI. In addition to collecting and encouraging Native arts, IACB also acquired items that exploited Native designs and used them in educational exhibits to demonstrate the differences between authentic Indian work and imitations.
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- Place
- Hong Kong; Hong Kong
- See related items
- Non-Indian
- Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/1876
- Barcode
- 261876.000
- Object Type
- Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
- Object Name
- Whip
- Media/Materials
- Cowhide, wood, metal tacks/bosses
- Techniques
- Tanned, braided
- Dimensions
- 196.0 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_277983