1900.30.96.1

Collection type

Object

Description

One of a pair of ornately carved wooden slipper stirrups with metal band. For the other stirrup see [1900.30.96 .2] [EH [OPS Move] 5/4/2017]

Long description

One of a pair of ornately carved wooden slipper stirrups. The foot rest is hollowed out and ornately carved all over with rosette and geometrical designs. There is an iron band around the stirrup with incised decoration on both sides which holds the wooden slipper and has a bar where the leather would attach. The band is attached to the base of the stirrup with two rivets. For the other stirrup see [1900.30.96 .2] [EH [OPS Move] 5/4/2017]

Geographical reference

Chile

Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Chile

Person

Field collector Henry Martin Gibbs

PRM source Henry Martin Gibbs

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1900

Date collected

By 1900

Acquisition information

Donated: 1900

Materials and processes

Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Riveted, Process Incised, Process Hollowed

Dimensions

Height: max 157 mm, Length: max 212 mm, Width: max 120 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1900.30.96.1

Research and responses

According to Francisca Santana-Sagredo, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, this object is not a toy, as it was previously catalogued. These types of stirrups are common in rural areas of Chile but, today, are made of decorated leather rather than wood [MC 2022].

Search terms: Animal Gear, Stirrup Animal Harness