Amazing Antique Hitched Horsehair Quirt, C. Late 19th/Early 20th Century masonic sword sheath and perhaps impetus to invent

and perhaps impetus to invent some game or code or measuring system to go along with it

9 3/8" tall x about 9 3/8" in diameter

I’d frame them

And the font on the text seems perfectly right

Amazing Antique Hitched Horsehair Quirt, C. Late 19th/Early 20th Century masonic sword sheath and perhaps impetus to inventI'm quite obsessed with this. I wasn't sure exactly what it was when I found it, but knew it was quite an exquisitely made thing, made entirely of dyed and very finely knotted horsehair, creating glorious patterns, with a leather strip threaded through leather loop at the end. Incredible. With a little research I've learned a bit about the world of quirts: short whips associated with the Southwestern US, used to urge a horse to greater speed, but