Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from J. F. G. Umlauff (a Hamburg, Germany, firm that dealt in natural history specimens and artifacts) in 1930 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Tehuelche
- Previous owner
- J. F. G. Umlauff (Gustave Umlauff), 1868-1974
- Seller
- J. F. G. Umlauff (Gustave Umlauff), 1868-1974
- MAI agent
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Object Name
- Whip
- Media/Materials
- Hide thong/Babiche, silver
- Techniques
- Hammered
- Object Type
- Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
