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Whip

Historically, a highly valued personal object in many regions of Namibia, both as a functional tool for horse riding (?) and as a marker of social standing. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.

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Object type
Peitsche
Material/Technique
Wood, Leg, Tin , Cotton , Leather, Plant fibre carved, braided
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
F 55155

Provenance and sources

when
(?)
where
Namibia
when
1998
Provenance
The grandfather of the object donor Anita Hoeft was in unknown employment in "German South-West Africa" between 1904 and 1910 and acquired the object there in an unknown manner. Text: Christoph Rippe.

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