Especially in Argentina, it is the traditional riding, fighting, and punishing whip of the gaucho (the Argentine, Uruguayan and Southern Brazilian cowboy). It consists of a rawhide wrapped wooden handle about  long with a thong made of a  wide rawhide strap a little longer than the handle.
In Argentina, it is the traditional riding, fighting, and punishing whip of the gaucho (the Argentine, Uruguayan and Southern Brazilian cowboy). It consists of a rawhide-wrapped wooden handle about  long with a thong made of a wide rawhide strap a little longer than the handle.