buggy whip

Date19th Century

Mediumbaleen, leather, snakeskin, wood

Dimensions73 in. (185.4 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.1368

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionA commercially manufactured fancy buggy whip with a horn pommel; a lizard skin handle bound by fancy thread work; and a baleen shaft enclosed with woven fabric or leather. A paper label reads:"[WARREN]TED / WHALEBONE, / BUCK LINED./ NEW ENGLAND WHIP CO., / WESTFIELD, MASS."

Virtually identical to S-1950 (2001.100.2310), with differenecs as noted there.ProvenanceProvenance: Frederick Mitchell, Dartmouth, Mass., 08/03/1995; see Mitchell's Manifest, Winter [19]95, p. 20, item #52. $900.00

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