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Sjambok

The sjambok (/ˈʃæmbʌk, -bɒk/), or litupa, is a heavy leather whip. It is traditionally made from adult hippopotamus or rhinoceros hide, but it is also commonly made out of plastic.

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Length
90 to 150 centimetres (35 to 59 in)
Place of origin
Dutch Cape Colony (now part of South Africa)
Type
Whip

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Sjambok

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples19
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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Sjambok

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related to Cultural depictions · 8
Sjambok → Adventure, Arab, Doris Lessing, In Willard Price's Elephant, Southern Rhodesia, The, The Grass Is Singing, Thunder Man
related to South Africa · 7
Sjambok → Allegations, Despite, In South Africa, It, September, South African, South African Police
Length · 1
Sjambok → 90 to 150 centimetres (35 to 59 in)
Place of origin · 1
Sjambok → Dutch Cape Colony (now part of South Africa)
Type · 1
Sjambok → Whip
is a · 1
Sjambok → major feature in the narrative of the Herero Wars

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whip used south police africa made hide african plastic leather hippopotamus use also strip chicotte apartheid 90 ft cape rhino

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SjambokLength90 to 150 centimetres (35 to 59 in)1.00infobox
SjambokPlace of originDutch Cape Colony (now part of South Africa)1.00infobox
SjambokTypeWhip1.00infobox
Sjambokis amajor feature in the narrative of the Herero Wars0.90text
Sjambokrelated to Cultural depictionsThe0.60section
Sjambokrelated to Cultural depictionsThe Grass Is Singing0.60section
Sjambokrelated to Cultural depictionsDoris Lessing0.60section
Sjambokrelated to Cultural depictionsSouthern Rhodesia0.60section
Sjambokrelated to Cultural depictionsIn Willard Price's Elephant0.60section
Sjambokrelated to Cultural depictionsAdventure0.60section
Sjambokrelated to Cultural depictionsArab0.60section
Sjambokrelated to Cultural depictionsThunder Man0.60section

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