Saddle blanket

Museum number:
2-30974
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020030974
Accession number:
Acc.1947
Description:
Plain twined; made of Spanish moss.
Donor:
Alabama-Coushatta Tribal Council and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Livingston, Polk County, Texas
Verbatim coll. place:
Texas; Polk; Livingston
Culture or time period:
Alabama
Collector:
Alabama-Coushatta Tribal Council
Collection date:
September 10, 1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Saddle blankets (animal equipment), Saddle blankets (blanket type), and Twined weaving
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1964
Context of use:
Saddle blanket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 56 centimeters and length 65 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "somo tcitcuba papatka" = "moss horse pad" Remarks: cf. 2-30970 (Houma spanish moss saddle blanket), 2-30969 a,b (Alabama spanish moss twister).
Loans:
S1964-1965 #83: California State University, Chico (March 29, 1965–June 18, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Saddle blanket, accession number 2-30974, described as Plain twined; made of Spanish moss.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Saddle blanket, accession number 2-30974, described as Plain twined; made of Spanish moss.

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