Bridle for horse

Museum number:
5-3016a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21053016a@2cb
Alternate number:
a) 85; b) 87b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
A) Horse harness; Bapamadwa; leather metal bit; brass disc front trim; leather neck piece with cowry shell decoration; leather fringe. B) Bell; Nyangareng; metal; attached under horses chin 5'' (12 cm) high. Brass and cowry shells used by chief.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Du Village, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Birom; Du Village
Culture or time period:
Birom
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection date:
1962
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bridles (animal work equiment)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Bridle for horse, accession number 5-3016a,b, described as A) Horse harness; Bapamadwa; leather metal bit; brass disc front trim; leather neck piece with cowry shell decoration; leather fringe. B) Bell; Nyangareng; metal; attached under horses chin 5'' (12 cm) high. Brass and cowry shells used by chief.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Bridle for horse, accession number 5-3016a,b, described as A) Horse harness; Bapamadwa; leather metal bit; brass disc front trim; leather neck piece with cowry shell decoration; leather fringe. B) Bell; Nyangareng; metal; attached under horses chin 5'' (12 cm) high. Brass and cowry shells used by chief.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Bridle for horse, accession number 5-3016a,b, described as A) Horse harness; Bapamadwa; leather metal bit; brass disc front trim; leather neck piece with cowry shell decoration; leather fringe. B) Bell; Nyangareng; metal; attached under horses chin 5'' (12 cm) high. Brass and cowry shells used by chief.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Bridle for horse, accession number 5-3016a,b, described as A) Horse harness; Bapamadwa; leather metal bit; brass disc front trim; leather neck piece with cowry shell decoration; leather fringe. B) Bell; Nyangareng; metal; attached under horses chin 5'' (12 cm) high. Brass and cowry shells used by chief.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bridle for horse, accession number 5-3016a,b, described as A) Horse harness; Bapamadwa; leather metal bit; brass disc front trim; leather neck piece with cowry shell decoration; leather fringe. B) Bell; Nyangareng; metal; attached under horses chin 5'' (12 cm) high. Brass and cowry shells used by chief.

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