Bridle with pistol-shaped bit
date: label: Date created
content: bridle circa 1898; pistol-shaped bit added in 1917
name: label: Culture/People
content: Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)
label: Previous owner
content: Nellie Morse, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Robert A. Warth, Non-Indian, 1904-1994
label: Previous owner
content: Frances Warth Richey, Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Frances Warth Richey, Non-Indian
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been made by a young Sioux man while he was in prison for two years after stealing a horse; given to Nellie Morse at an unknown date; given by Nellie Morse to Robert A. Warth (1904-1994) before 1921; inherited by his daughter Frances Warth Richey; donated to NMAI by Frances Warth Richey in 2005 in memory of Robert Warth.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Rosebud Reservation; Todd County; South Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/5390
label: Barcode
content: 265390.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bridle with pistol-shaped bit
label: Media/Materials
content: Horsehair, metal, celluloid, dye/dyes, metal items, commercially tanned leather, cotton cord/cordage, glass item/items
label: Techniques
content: Dyed, soumak braided/knotted, stitched
label: Dimensions
content: 206.00 x 30.00 x 19.00 cm