Leather house whip
date: label: Date
content: 1850s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place collected
content: Darien, McIntosh County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Weapons and Ammunition
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.111
objectType: label: Type
content: whips (slavery artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 17 1/2 × 4 × 3/8 in. (44.5 × 10.2 × 1 cm)