Saddlebag

Museum number:
2-5568
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3734 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13 and Acc.88
Description:
Saddle back made from trade cloth. Double. Fringed. Canvas; covered with red wool with geometric design in white/blue/green/yellow beads. The reverse of the seed bad reads: "1 1/2 bush, C. TRIUMPH, WHITE OATS
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Blackfoot Reservation, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Blackfoot Reservation
Culture or time period:
Blackfoot of Canada
Collector:
J. Disbury and Philip Mills Jones
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Riding gear and Saddlebags (containers)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1903 and August 1901
Context of use:
To carry goods on horseback. Original entry: "Woman's beaded saddlebag
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 114 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: See Acc. envelope 88 for tag: "No 13 Saddle Bag woman's
Loans:
S1973-1974 #69: Art Gallery (UC Santa Barbara ) (March 19, 1974–July 29, 1974)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Saddlebag, accession number 2-5568, described as Saddle back made from trade cloth. Double. Fringed. Canvas; covered with red wool with geometric design in white/blue/green/yellow beads. The reverse of the seed bad reads: "1 1/2 bush, C. TRIUMPH, WHITE OATSDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Saddlebag, accession number 2-5568, described as Saddle back made from trade cloth. Double. Fringed. Canvas; covered with red wool with geometric design in white/blue/green/yellow beads. The reverse of the seed bad reads: "1 1/2 bush, C. TRIUMPH, WHITE OATS

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