Steel Whip
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Sep 1985
label: Collection Date
content: 1971
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Donald M. Godden
label: Collector
content: Charles F. Walton
label: Collector
content: Owen S. Rye
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Donald M. Godden
notes: label: Notes
content: CYLINDRICAL HANDLE OF REDDISH-BROWN WOOD PAINTED IN BANDS OF BLACK AND ROSE, LACQUERED WITH STEEL FERRULE, AND METAL HOOK DRIVEN INTO DISTAL END FROM WHICH ARE SUS- PENDED 8 CHAINS. FROM EACH IS SUSPENDED A FINE CURVED STEEL BLADE. USED BY MEMBERS OF THE SHIA MUSLIN SECT FOR SELF-FLAGELLATION ON ASHURA HOLIDAY. PURCHASED AT KOHAT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kohat, North-West Frontier Province (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Pushtu (Pashto; Pashtun)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361234
label: USNM Number
content: E417293-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whip
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 56 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 10.1 cm