Saddle cloth

Museum number:
2-18814
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Saddle blanket; skin; cord fringes; brass bells; geometric designs in multi-color beading on white ground. Original entry: "Multi-color beaded skin ceremonial saddle.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Dakota
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1945
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings) and Riding gear
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Horse saddle blanket for ceremonial occasions.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 147 centimeters and width 66 centimeters
Comment:
Exhibited: "UCLMA, Plains Indians, 1971
Loans:
S1961-1962 #6: American Association of University Women, Berkeley Branch (July 28, 1961–July 31, 1961), S1964-1965 #111: Oakland Public Museum (June 1, 1965–June 7, 1965), S1973-1974 #69: Art Gallery (UC Santa Barbara ) (March 19, 1974–July 29, 1974), and S1980-1981 #24: Palo Alto Cultural Center (October 28, 1980–January 23, 1981)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Saddle cloth, accession number 2-18814, described as Saddle blanket; skin; cord fringes; brass bells; geometric designs in multi-color beading on white ground. Original entry: "Multi-color beaded skin ceremonial saddle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Saddle cloth, accession number 2-18814, described as Saddle blanket; skin; cord fringes; brass bells; geometric designs in multi-color beading on white ground. Original entry: "Multi-color beaded skin ceremonial saddle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Saddle cloth, accession number 2-18814, described as Saddle blanket; skin; cord fringes; brass bells; geometric designs in multi-color beading on white ground. Original entry: "Multi-color beaded skin ceremonial saddle.

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