Harness saddle

Museum number:
7-1021
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070001021
Alternate number:
1 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.71
Description:
Harness saddle, uncommonly pretty, year date below, 1773, A.P.S.; made of wood, predominantly green; carved horses facing crown. So placed on the horses’ withers to hold up the shafts of the harness. Length: 22.5 inches; height: 13 inches.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Skåne County, Sweden
Verbatim coll. place:
Skane; Sweden
Culture or time period:
Swedish
Collector:
Axel O. Lindstrom
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
February 12, 1903
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1961-1962 #76: University of California, Berkeley (May 10, 1962–June 7, 1962), S1966-1967 #19: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (November 1, 1966–December 20, 1966), and S1968-1969 #100: University of California Library (April 15, 1969–May 23, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Harness saddle, accession number 7-1021, described as Harness saddle, uncommonly pretty, year date below, 1773, A.P.S.; made of wood, predominantly green; carved horses facing crown. So placed on the horses’ withers to hold up the shafts of the harness. Length: 22.5 inches; height: 13 inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Harness saddle, accession number 7-1021, described as Harness saddle, uncommonly pretty, year date below, 1773, A.P.S.; made of wood, predominantly green; carved horses facing crown. So placed on the horses’ withers to hold up the shafts of the harness. Length: 22.5 inches; height: 13 inches.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Harness saddle, accession number 7-1021, described as Harness saddle, uncommonly pretty, year date below, 1773, A.P.S.; made of wood, predominantly green; carved horses facing crown. So placed on the horses’ withers to hold up the shafts of the harness. Length: 22.5 inches; height: 13 inches.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Harness saddle, accession number 7-1021, described as Harness saddle, uncommonly pretty, year date below, 1773, A.P.S.; made of wood, predominantly green; carved horses facing crown. So placed on the horses’ withers to hold up the shafts of the harness. Length: 22.5 inches; height: 13 inches.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Harness saddle, accession number 7-1021, described as Harness saddle, uncommonly pretty, year date below, 1773, A.P.S.; made of wood, predominantly green; carved horses facing crown. So placed on the horses’ withers to hold up the shafts of the harness. Length: 22.5 inches; height: 13 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harness saddle, accession number 7-1021, described as Harness saddle, uncommonly pretty, year date below, 1773, A.P.S.; made of wood, predominantly green; carved horses facing crown. So placed on the horses’ withers to hold up the shafts of the harness. Length: 22.5 inches; height: 13 inches.

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