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57-26-73

From: New Mexico

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 57-26-73
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mescalero Apache
Provenience New Mexico
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Cloth | Bead | Rawhide
Technique Beaded
Description

Horse riding whip. Wooden core with a broken, leather strap attached at one end. The entire core is decorated with glass beads in a design of horizontal bands of zigzags. Bead colors include green, red, blue, white, black, and yellow. Distal end is bulbous.

Length 46.3 cm
Outside Diameter 2.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the George Washington Memorial Museum, 1957
Other Number L-269-76 - Old Museum Number

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