Object number
96/33
Description
A riding crop with a skin-covered wooden handle (said to the the skin from a bull's penis). It has a piece of leather at one end to make a flexible strap for striking the horse, and a looped leather thong at the other to go over the hande of the user. The crop came from the Yattendon Estate in Berkshire.
Physical description
1 riding crop: wood; leather; bull's foreskin; good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Recorder: JMB // Date: 31.7.96 // Description: This crop has a wooden handle which is covered in skin very tightly (the skin is said to be from a bull’s penis). A piece of folded leather stitched down one side is attached to the handle to make a flexible strap for striking the horse. There is a leather thong attached to the top of the handle which forms a loop to go over the hand of the user. // Dimensions: Total length: 80.0 cm Length of handle: 35.0 cm // Associated information: This crop was given to Tim Culley by Don Wyatt, former works foreman at Yattendon who is currently 99 years old.’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_16713.tif - High resolution image
