Horse breast-band or girth: leather with red and blue textile layers. Decorated on red textile (outward) side with embroidered circles and shapes. Both ends have a metal buckle.

Collection type: Object
Description: Horse breast-band or girth: leather with red and blue textile layers. Decorated on red textile (outward) side with embroidered circles and shapes. Both ends have a metal buckle.
Long description: Horse breast- band or girth constructed from a leather band covered on the outer surface with red fulled wool and shaped leather applied at ends. Embroidered roundels are applied to the band and a buckle is located at either end. The girth is lined with an off white cotton fabric and interlined with red woll and blue cotton fabric. [TW 06/03/2012]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Borno
Person: Field collector Olive Susan Miranda Temple; PRM source Olive Susan Miranda Temple
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1911
Date collected: 1910 - 1911
Acquisition information: Donated: 1913
Materials and processes: Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Textile, Material Metal, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Length: max 900 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1913.31.91

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