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:
height 11.5 inches and length 17 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)