Flail, with embellished tubular steel handle

Made:
1501-1800
Flail, with embellished tubular steel handle, ball and chain

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Flail, with embellished tubular steel handle, ball and chain
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Flail, with embellished tubular steel handle, ball and chain, probably from North Africa, 16th to 18th centuries

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A55726
Materials:
steel
Measurements:
length 450 mm
handle: length 920 mm
diameter 36 mm
type:
flails

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