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Photo taken 5/16/2016
Flogging Stick
Photo taken 5/16/2016
Photo taken 5/16/2016

Flogging Stick

CultureChinese
Date19th century
MediumWood and iron
DimensionsOverall: 46 inches (116.84 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-1586/6
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Description15" piece attached by a chain to the end of the pole, terminates in a 3" metal piece with projections. Red with a black handle.Provenance

With Hiramatsu Shoten, Tokyo, Japan, by December 28, 1933;

Purchased from Hiramatsu Shoten, through Langdon Warner, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.

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