Saddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 May 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 2000 - 2001
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Paula Sabloff
label: Donor Name
content: University Of Pennsylvania Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: Horse saddle of type made by Khalkha people (according to William Fitzhugh, curator of Arctic Archaeology). Seat, pommel and cantle constructed from a split wooden frame, painted orange and edged with white plastic strips. Seat padded with thick woolen felt covered with blue wool cloth. High pommel and cantle lined with red felt on interior. Long side skirts and stirrup straps of brown leather decorated with appliqued leather in turquoise blue and black. Stirrups made of iron. Frame and seat cushion decorated with silver/copper alloy bosses. Hide straps hanging from 4 bosses used to attach equipment or belongings. Cinch straps of braided horsehair w/ metal buckles on one side, braided rawhide on other side. At time of cataloging, saddle and underlying felt saddle blanket were still attached to exhibit mount. Used in the exhibition "Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan". According to Dr. Paula Sabloff, the saddle was purchased for the exhibition in the Public (Black) Market by Mr. Ayush, Curator of the Ethnological Collection, National Museum of Mongolian History.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mongol
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2049147
label: USNM Number
content: E432411-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Saddle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 137 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 48 cm
label: Minimum Height - Object
content: 36 cm