Place MadeWestfield, Massachusetts
Title
Buggy whip
Date19th Century
Mediumbaleen, wood, cloth, leather, silver
Dimensions59 in. (149.9 cm)
Object number1965.27.1
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionCommerically made. Wooden handle lined with cloth and covered with leather in a twig pattern (simulated branch of a tree); brown leather grip, silver ferrule and head, baleen whip covered with leather, braided leather switch. No markings. 12" grip.John S. Cook, attributed owner of the buggy whip, was master of the whaling schooner Gage H. Phillips in 1875.ProvenanceBelonged to John Stanton Cook, ca. 1870.
On View
Not on view
Circa 1880
1725-1960
19th Century
Circa 1870
Circa 1890
