Braided field whip
date: label: Date
content: 1850s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A long leather snake-style whip. Singled leather braided strip with multiple leather strip tails on the end, acting as the popper. By the handle, there are two different adjacent butt knots. One closest to the handle is braided but appears to be made up of small rectangles, while the other knot has bigger braids with what appear to be diagonal rectangles. The handle is leather as well, with one line of leather lace down a side, with the tip lined on the exterior perimeter with more leather. Inside handle is a piece of metal that is capable of rotating within the handle (inherent?). The "relaxed" dimension element is dependent on how tightly the whip is wrapped.
label: Description
content: Braided leather is fraying and discoloring throughout, as well as stiffening from being curled. Leather popper tails are heavily discolored and extremely stiff. Handle is also extremely discolored, spotted throughout. Metal element inside handle can rotate, and it is not clear if that is inherent to the object or something coming loose.
place: label: Place collected
content: Augusta, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Violence
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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: 2014.312.110
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, wood, metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Straightened): 32 1/2 × 2 × 2 in. (82.6 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Relaxed): 16 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (41.9 × 31.8 × 3.2 cm)