Mori Whip

A Mori leatherwork whip. This example is plaited with a double end of 14 lashes. The handle is bound with very finely plaited leather, except the centre, where it is plain. It has a leather plaited button on the loop at the junction of the whip and the handle. The handle ends in 13 leather strings, each ending in a leather button. Mori or Mandingo leatherwork is traditionally associated with Muslim elites and comes from the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.

Further Information

• Type: Regalia, Tools, implements
• Object: Mori Whip
• Materials: Leather, animal skin
• Culture Group: Fula, Mandingo, Mende
• Dimensions: Unknown
• Production Date: Pre 1892
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: Thomas Joshua Alldridge (Collector)
• Museum: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
• Accession Number: BMAG:R3483/57

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