Swinging a leather bullwhip’s thick, rigid handle in an arc gives the whip angular momentum. Sharply reversing the motion’s direction sends a wave down the whip.

Indiana Jones’s custom stunt whip from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) is currently up for auction via Goldin. Played by Harrison Ford on the silver screen, the main character used the famed prop ...

“Rule number one, never leave whip at home.” Since he was a small child Indy always packed his leather bullwhip. The whiskey sour would have to be just as powerful as his weapon in action.