Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Riding whip
Object Number:
INV.5770
Date:
1865-1885
Medium:
Wood, leather, metal, gut
Dimensions:
Overall: 75 x 1/2 in. ( 190.5 x 1.3 cm )
Marks:
branded: on wooden shaft: "SCHOMBERG/MAKER/122 LON[G]ACRE/LONDON/WARRANTED"
Description:
Riding whip with leather-covered handled; tapering wooden shaft with natural branch knobs; rounded brass cap and collar; lash of woven leather and then woven gut.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
