Harness saddle

Museum number:
7-1122
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
102 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.71
Description:
Harness saddle; ornate; painted green, red and blue; carved human head in center surrounded by floral embellishments. length 17 in, height 11.5 in. So placed on the horses' withers to hold up the shafts of the harness.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Halsingland, Sweden
Culture or time period:
Swedish
Collector:
Axel O. Lindstrom
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
February 12, 1903
Context of use:
So placed on the horses' withers to hold up the shafts of the harness.
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
length 17 inches and height 11.5 inches
Comment:
Exhibited: LMA's European Folk Art, Fall, 1964
Loans:
S1966-1967 #19: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (November 1, 1966–December 20, 1966), S1967-1968 #123: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (April 17, 1968–April 18, 1968), and S1976-1977 #47: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Frank A. Norick (February 12, 1977–February 12, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Harness saddle, accession number 7-1122, described as Harness saddle; ornate; painted green, red and blue; carved human head in center surrounded by floral embellishments. length 17 in, height 11.5 in. So placed on the horses' withers to hold up the shafts of the harness.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harness saddle, accession number 7-1122, described as Harness saddle; ornate; painted green, red and blue; carved human head in center surrounded by floral embellishments. length 17 in, height 11.5 in. So placed on the horses' withers to hold up the shafts of the harness.

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