Bridle

Museum number:
2-68372
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020068372
Accession number:
Acc.4067
Description:
Horse bridle; braided leather, black, yellow, green, red, and blue braided horsehair, red and white horsehair tassels, round metal and glass medallions with painted flower decorations, metal bit and chain rein leads, metal bit stamped "tested", white circular piece stamped "ZYLONITE".
Donor:
Alice Elizabeth Fitzhugh and William M. Fitzhugh Jr.
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Southwestern Native American
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bridles (animal work equiment)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
52 inches, width 25 centimeters, 1.8 inches, and length 15 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bridle, accession number 2-68372, described as Horse bridle; braided leather, black, yellow, green, red, and blue braided horsehair, red and white horsehair tassels, round metal and glass medallions with painted flower decorations, metal bit and chain rein leads, metal bit stamped "tested", white circular piece stamped "ZYLONITE".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bridle, accession number 2-68372, described as Horse bridle; braided leather, black, yellow, green, red, and blue braided horsehair, red and white horsehair tassels, round metal and glass medallions with painted flower decorations, metal bit and chain rein leads, metal bit stamped "tested", white circular piece stamped "ZYLONITE".

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