Horse Bit With Hair Bridle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Collector
content: William Dinwiddie
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "2 PIECES." FROM CARD: "174449A. COLLECTIONS OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. BRIDLE.-MEXICAN ROLLER BIT, FITTED WITH TWISTED HORSEHAIR ROPES. PAPAGO INDIANS, PIMA CO., ARIZONA, 1894. 174,449. COLLECTED BY W J MCGEE AND WM. DINWIDDIE. THE MOST ... [BASIC] BRIDLE AMONG THE PAPAGO INDIANS IS A SIMPLE NOOSE OF RAWHIDE, OR HAIR ROPE, FITTED WITH REINS OF THE SAME MATERIAL. THE NOOSE IS DRAWN TIGHT OVER THE LOWER JAW OF THE HORSE. THIS SPECIMEN IS THE COMMON FORM OF BRIDLE NOW IN USE AMONG THE INDIAN COWBOYS. IT IS OFTEN FITTED WITH MORE ELABORATE REINS AND HEAD GEAR OF ROUND-BRAIDED RAWHIDE ROPE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, San Xavier Reservation / Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Papago (Tohono O'odham)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174449-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bridle