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Object Number
985-27-10/59435
Display Title
Frame saddle. Wide wood cantle and pommel, covered w/ rawhide
Descriptions
Object Description
Cheyenne woman's saddle. Wide wood cantle and pommel connected by flat side slats. Covered w/ rawhide and decorated w/ brass tacks. Leather girth straps. 58.3x35x31.2 cm.
Inventory Description
Saddle, leather wrapped wood, brass tack design, leather straps
Classification
- Saddle
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Cheyenne
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Leather, Wood, Metal, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 31.5 x 59 x 30 cm (12 3/8 x 23 1/4 x 11 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59435
Provenance
Owner
Chief Dull Knife
(? - ?)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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