Penitent's Flagellum Whip

Made:
1601-1900 in France
Small flail, reputedly a penitent's flagellum, probably French Small flail, reputedly a penitent's flagellum, probably French

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Small flail, reputedly a penitent's flagellum, probably French
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Small flail, reputedly a penitent's flagellum, probably French
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Small flail, reputedly a penitent's flagellum, probably French, 1601-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A447
Materials:
incomplete, brass and steel
Measurements:
overall: 20 mm x 189 mm x 25 mm,
type:
whip
credit:
Boulogne junk shop