Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922. Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Comments: Charioteer's whip of Iotefamun. Egypt, circa 1070–945 B.C. Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21.
Credit: Claire H. from New York City, USA
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Comments: 11: Scourge (whip) made of tube-knitted wire, with plaits and knots, with a glass bead attachment. Dated approximately 872-5, based on coins in the hoard. Found at Trewhiddle, Cornwall, England.
Credit: Rubén Betanzo S.
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Comments: Flagra Horrible, Flagrum, Flagelo.
From Wikipedia: A whip is a tool or weapon designed to strike humans or other animals to exert control through pain compliance or fear of pain. They can also be used without inflicting pain, for audiovisual cues, such as in equestrianism. They are generally either a firm stick designed for direct contact, or a flexible line requiring a specialized swing. The former is easier and more precise, the latter offers longer reach and greater force. A hunting whip combines a firm stick (the stock or handle) with a flexible line (the lash or thong).
Whips such as the "cat o' nine tails" and knout are specifically developed for flagellation as a means of inflicting corporal punishment or torture on human targets.
