Saddle & Stirup-Girth 3
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "RIDING SADDLE--MADE OF BARLEY STRAW, BLUE OVERALLS COTTON, AND RAWHIDE BINDING THONGS. TWO BUNDLES OF STRAW, OR GRASS, ABOUT 20 INCHES IN LENGTH, ARE BUNCHED, WITH AN EXTRA QUANTITY AT EACH END TO FORM THE CANTLE AND POMMEL OF THE SADDLE, AND LOOSELY TIED IN SHAPE. THEY ARE THEN SEPARATELY WRAPPED TIGHTLY IN CLOTH, HELD ON WITH THONGS OF RAWHIDE. THE TWO HALVES OF SADDLE, THUS MADE, ARE LINKED TOGETHER BY TWO TIES, SEPARATED ENOUGH TO LIE COMFORTABLY ON EACH SIDE OF THE HORSE'S SPINE. TWO CINCHES, OR GIRTHS, ACCOMPANY A SADDLE, ONE BEING PLACED OVER THE SADDLE AND DRAWN TIGHT, TO KEEP IT IN POSITION, WHILE THE OTHER SERVES AS A STIRRUP LOOK, BEING TIED WITH SUFFICIENT SLACK TO PERMIT THE INSERTION OF THE FEET BETWEEN IT AND THE SIDES OF THE HORSE. MANY OF THE PAPAGO COWBOYS POSSESS FINE MODERN SADDLES; ... [THIS TYPE OF] SADDLE IS USED BY THE POORER INDIANS, OR THOSE LIVING IN VILLAGES REMOTE FROM CIVILIZATION."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Fresnal, 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: E174543-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Saddle