From THE EASTERNER, referenced above, "...According to Doležal, the object her mother and stepfather used to punish them was called a baboon whip, used to ward baboons away in South Africa. These whips would leave scars behind, “they were pretty similar to what was used as whips during slavery.”
I think -- and I could be wrong, y'know -- that this might be a thing called a "SJAMBOK", which is really not so much a whip as a flexible staff. I have a couple of the Sjamboks made by Cold Steel. They are tapered polypropylene rods that vary from about 30mm at the handle to 12mm at the tip. It is 1.37 meters long and very sturdy.
To use it, it is not snapped out like a whip - one strikes out with it as though to lay it down upon the target. The target will howl in agony.
I just thought you'd want to fill a gap in your "theocratic education."
Be good!