Flail, wooden handle is skull shaped

Made:
1501-1800
Flail, with wooden handle carved in the shape of a skull

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Flail, with wooden handle carved in the shape of a skull
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Flail, with wooden handle carved in the shape of a skull, possibly Spanish, 16th to 18th centuries

Details

Category:
Wellcome (general)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A636420
Materials:
handle, wood, handle, cloth and thongs, tin
Measurements:
skull handle: 46 mm x 45 mm, .26 kg
flail width: 460 mm
type:
flails