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Quirt with bone handle and brass tacks / Native American; Plains

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Quirt with bone handle and brass tacks; Rawhide lash

Quirts are whips that are typically used with horses.

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Title(s): 
Quirt with bone handle and brass tacks
Culture: 
Native American; Plains
Date: 
late 19th century
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Great Plains, United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
bone, brass, rawhide
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Quirt
Accession No: 
84.771
Department: 
Anthropology
Collection: 
Kravis Discovery Center, Kravis Discovery Center
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