Whip from Umerapora, made of the horn of the Bison, such as are [at] the Museum No. [blank]

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 29

Additional Source Text:

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 22 July 1808 adds: "Ornamented with Ivory."

Notes:

This was probably a whip with a handle made from the horn of the gaur, also known as the Indian bison (Bos gaurus), a bovine native to South and Southeast Asia called a pyaung in Burma (Myanmar).

Umerapora (now Amarapura) is the former capital of Myanmar.