Saddle

Museum number:
5-8469
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
77 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2569
Description:
Saddle; high pommel with oblong top surface with lines and circles painted on; cantle also designed; sidebars of wood covered with hide; stirrups attached; four b buckles for girth straps; height 33.5 cm. Made of hide, wood, metal, leather. More elaborate than usual; new condition.
Donor:
David Solomon and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Assela, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Ethiopia; Assela
Collector:
David Solomon
Collection date:
1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Saddles (seats)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
October 1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Saddle, accession number 5-8469, described as Saddle; high pommel with oblong top surface with lines and circles painted on; cantle also designed; sidebars of wood covered with hide; stirrups attached; four b buckles for girth straps; height 33.5 cm. Made of hide, wood, metal, leather. More elaborate than usual; new condition.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Saddle, accession number 5-8469, described as Saddle; high pommel with oblong top surface with lines and circles painted on; cantle also designed; sidebars of wood covered with hide; stirrups attached; four b buckles for girth straps; height 33.5 cm. Made of hide, wood, metal, leather. More elaborate than usual; new condition.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Saddle, accession number 5-8469, described as Saddle; high pommel with oblong top surface with lines and circles painted on; cantle also designed; sidebars of wood covered with hide; stirrups attached; four b buckles for girth straps; height 33.5 cm. Made of hide, wood, metal, leather. More elaborate than usual; new condition.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Saddle, accession number 5-8469, described as Saddle; high pommel with oblong top surface with lines and circles painted on; cantle also designed; sidebars of wood covered with hide; stirrups attached; four b buckles for girth straps; height 33.5 cm. Made of hide, wood, metal, leather. More elaborate than usual; new condition.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Saddle, accession number 5-8469, described as Saddle; high pommel with oblong top surface with lines and circles painted on; cantle also designed; sidebars of wood covered with hide; stirrups attached; four b buckles for girth straps; height 33.5 cm. Made of hide, wood, metal, leather. More elaborate than usual; new condition.

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