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.
The gaucho's traditional riding, fighting, and punishing whip in Argentina is a tool used for riding, fighting, and punishing. It consists of a rawhide-wrapped wooden handle about 6 feet long with a wide rawhide strap that is slightly longer than the handle.