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Object Number
985-27-10/59436
Display Title
Sioux woman's saddle.
Descriptions
Object Description
Sioux woman's saddle. Wood pommel & cantle attached to wood side slats all covered w/ rawhide and stitched w/ sinew. Rawhide piece attached over center of saddle. 1 stirrup attached w/ commercial leather. Stirrup made of wood covered w/ rawhide. Second stirrup unattached. Leather girth straps w/ metal rings. 50.6x36x33.4 cm.
Inventory Description
Saddle, leather wrapped wood, leather straps, sinew laces, metal fasteners, two stirrups (one attached and one unattached).
Classification
- Land - accessory
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Leather, Metal, Rawhide, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 51.7 x 32.8 x 31.9 cm (20 3/8 x 12 15/16 x 12 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59436; 34353
Provenance
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930 - 1985)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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