- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1850s
- Medium
- leather
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 17 1/2 × 4 × 3/8 in. (44.5 × 10.2 × 1 cm)
- Description
- Small house whip made of a thick piece of leather that tapers outward from the square base and is cut into multiple tails at the end. The leather is a dark grey color and flat. There are several leather strips at the end of the whip, with the opposite end consisting of a cut leather handle. The leather is extremely stiff and cracking throughout.
- Place collected
- Darien, McIntosh County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Weapons and Ammunition
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- Object number
- 2014.312.111
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




