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Date1800s
Terms
- Saddles
- Deer
- Straw
- Beads
- New Mexico
Dimensions30.46 × 41.88 cm (12 × 16 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberTH8
DescriptionSaddle made of deerskin and decorated with fringe of skin and beads and straw. Woven red, black wool stripes; yellow and red glass beads sewn on in four circles and leaf design; white beading around the edges. Stirrups are leather and wood, leather has a center flower and fringe motif cut into it. Some padding between layers of saddle. Native American (Indian). Western European stirrup. Collected by Henry Thoreau.
Collections
- Henry David Thoreau Collection
Object number: COS76.13.1.2
Object number: PER1316E
