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1916.39.16.1.2

Black-lacquered wooden cantle with pad. [ASh [OPS move] 2/6/2017]


1916.39.16.1.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Black-lacquered wooden cantle with pad. [ASh [OPS move] 2/6/2017]
Long description
Black-lacquered wooden cantle. The wooden swell has a leather seat pad and may have become unattached from the main saddle [1916.39.16 .1 .1]. See the records 1916.39.16 .1 - .5 for the other associated records. [ASh [OPS move] 2/6/2017]
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1884?, uncertain Date made: Before 1916?, uncertain
Date collected
By 1916 or by 1884
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884, uncertain Donated: 03/1916, uncertain Transferred: 1886 Found unentered: Donated 1884?;Donated 03/1916?;Transferred 1886;Found unentered
Materials and processes
Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Material Lacquer Varnish, Material Textile, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Padded, Process Carved
Dimensions
Depth: max 162 mm, Width: max 643 mm, Length: max 540 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1916.39.16.1.2
Research and responses

This might actually be the Polo saddle from Manipur from Col J. Johnstone mentioned in the 1884 Annual Report of the OUMNH, see prm possibles for entry [AP 11/10/2013]

Search terms: Animal Gear, Saddle