Whip

Hippopotamus hide whip with steel ring. For two similar whips see Cannizzo's 'Into the Heart of Africa' (1989:17). Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.

Object Details

ID: ZBA2484
Collection: Special collections
Type: Whip
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: 19th century
Exhibition: The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire; Enslavement and Resistance
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Measurements: Overall: 25 mm x 90 mm x 1425 mm