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Quirt decorated with brass tacks and four separate silver ornaments, rawhide lask, and piece of cloth tied to handle / Native American; Plains

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Polished piece of wood decorated with brass tacks and four separate silver ornaments; rawhide lash; piece of cloth tied to handle.

Quirts are whips that are typically used with horses.

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Title(s): 
Quirt decorated with brass tacks and four separate silver ornaments, rawhide lask, and piece of cloth tied to handle
Culture: 
Native American; Plains
Date: 
Unknown
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Great Plains, United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
wood, brass, silver, rawhide
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Quirt
Accession No: 
84.767
Previous Number(s): 
8426.767
Department: 
Anthropology
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