flogging paddle
leather with metal (copper alloy) reinforcement studs and a wooden handle
length: 66,3 cm
Maldives
20th century, used
provenance: collected in Malé, Republic of Maldives, by Jack Daulton
This is an implement used for corporal punishment within the Sharia-influenced criminal justice system of the Maldives.
The paddle is quite worn and weathered, with a large crack through end of the paddle, which is nearly breaking off.
