Saddle

97-84-2015

Location: On Display in the Native American Voices

From: Great Plains (Plain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 97-84-2015
Current Location Native American Voices - On Display
Culture Blackfeet (uncertain)
Provenience Great Plains (Plain)
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Rawhide | Beads
Description

Wooden; padded and covered with rawhide; ends solidly beaded in floral designs on white ground. Four short, broad beaded flaps. Design influenced by Ojibwa culture. Stirrups of wood and rawhide, attached to saddle. Girth of webbing and harness straps.

Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-84-2015 - Old Museum Number | 15664 - ANSP Number

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