Horse trappings

Museum number:
9-11126
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011126
Alternate number:
24b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
harness trapping for horses or mules; yak hair, cotton, wood, bones; 54 cm. length 21 cm. width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, himachal Pradesh, Manali (but made by Tibetans)
Culture or time period:
Indian and Tibetan
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
July 1969
Materials:
Yak hair
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Used anytime to decorate horses or mules; object is attached to harness, over the head; (note: made in India, by Tibetans). Made by Tibetan Men.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 54 centimeters and width 21 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Horse trappings, accession number 9-11126, described as harness trapping for horses or mules; yak hair, cotton, wood, bones; 54 cm. length 21 cm. widthHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Horse trappings, accession number 9-11126, described as harness trapping for horses or mules; yak hair, cotton, wood, bones; 54 cm. length 21 cm. width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Horse trappings, accession number 9-11126, described as harness trapping for horses or mules; yak hair, cotton, wood, bones; 54 cm. length 21 cm. width

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