| Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0630 |
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| Category |
Tools & Implements |
| Object Name |
Quirt |
| Culture |
Apache |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
unknown |
| County |
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| Other Geographic
Data |
unknown |
| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. 1890-1920 |
| Collection Name |
Elkus Collection (Native American) |
| Materials |
Horsehair; Leather; String |
| Description |
Quirt fashioned from cloth-wrapped (?) rod with short leather loop extending from distal end end looped carrying strap of braided (red and black) horsehair at proximal end; Entire shaft of quirt is covered with dyed (red) and natural (white and black) horsehair that is coiled over indeterminate foundation; Design of parallel vertical zigzags is repeated at top and bottom; Bundle of white horsehair fringe is positioned in center. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Max Diam = 2.1, Length = 32.0 |