Bridle

Museum number:
5-8472
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
80 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2569
Description:
Bridle; with front strap, noseband and throat latch; no bit. Made of leather; brass fittings folded over leather. Decorated bridles are common; circular brass setting above nose removed.
Donor:
David Solomon and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Shashamane, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Ethiopia; Shashemene
Collector:
David Solomon
Collection date:
1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bridles (animal work equiment)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
October 1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bridle, accession number 5-8472, described as Bridle; with front strap, noseband and throat latch; no bit. Made of leather; brass fittings folded over leather. Decorated bridles are common; circular brass setting above nose removed.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bridle, accession number 5-8472, described as Bridle; with front strap, noseband and throat latch; no bit. Made of leather; brass fittings folded over leather. Decorated bridles are common; circular brass setting above nose removed.

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