Leather bridle created by William Sugg
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1850s
name: label: Created by
content: William Sugg, American, 1828 - 1889
notes: label: Description
content: A leather horse bridle. The leather is dark brown and has metal fasteners throughout. The bridle contains a nose band, two cheek pieces, brown band, and headpiece. There is also an eye patch connected to the side of the headpiece/throat lash leather. Most of the leather pieces are connected with metal circles, in which the leather is wrapped around and fastened, making the bridle capable of movement. The noseband has a metal buckle and holes in the leather making it adjustable.
place: label: Place used
content: Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gerald & Ruth Howard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.44.2
objectType: label: Type
content: bridles
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10 3/4 × 13 5/8 × 21 1/2 in. (27.3 × 34.6 × 54.6 cm)