Subject: lobo 'wolf' warrior
Setting: frontier raids and warfare, Comancheria/Texas/Mexico 1836-1874
Object: quirt / coup stick / riding crop
Nature Canes *
* Stockyards Museum
* Stockyards Museum
* "Plains Indian horsehair quirt, reproduction."
* Doss Center > Native Americans
"Comanche Indian Riding Quirt
This everyday object has an unusual name.
A quirt is a type of riding whip used to control or coax a horse.
This ceremonial object has a carved wooden handle
adorned with the tail of a wolf and glass beadwork."