- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Leather bridle, reins joined at central metal ring. [SB [OPS Move] 30/5/2017]
- Long description
- Bridle consisting of a plaited leather headstall and brow band. The bit is missing. Plaited reins with flat leather attachments. Reins join at central circular metal ring. [ASh [OPS move] 26/5/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Ipswich Museum
- PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1966
- Date collected
- By 1966
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1966
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Metal, Material Animal Gut, Process Plaited, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Width: max 234 mm, Depth: max 53 mm, Length: max 381 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1966.1.1325 Other numbers: 253 93
Search terms: Animal Gear, Transport and Travel, Bridle Animal Harness, Reins Animal Harness
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