- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Head-stall with floral pattern of leather pieces stitched on leather upright, with strap ornamented with pellet bells.
- Person
- Field collector Robert Gosset Woodthorpe
- Field collector J. Dalton Woodthorpe
- PRM source J. Dalton Woodthorpe
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1916
- Date collected
- By 1916
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1916
- Materials and processes
- Material Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Textile, Process Appliqué, Process Stitched
- Dimensions
- Length: max 520 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1916.39.6.1
- Research and responses
It seems most likely that Robert Gosset Woodthorpe collected these items as he was stationed in this area (see biographies) [AP 8/1/2003]
Search terms: Animal Gear, Music, Horse Accessory, Musical Instrument, Bridle Animal Harness, Animal Harness
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