Saddle

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Title	Saddle
Artist	Artist Unknown (Apsaalooka (Crow))
Date	c. 1870
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G261

Medium:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Leatherwork | Animal hide, wood, beads, cotton cloth, felt, wool, metal

Size:

18 3/4 x 21 1/8 x 9 in. (47.63 x 53.66 x 22.86 cm) (body only)

Creation Place:

North America, United States, Great Plains region

Culture:

Apsaalooka (Crow), North America, United States, Great Plains region

Style:

19th century

Physical Description:

wood base covered in animal hide, with softer hides at top front and top back; attached wooden stirrups with white beading- one stirrup has hanging beaded panel; strap extends around belly of horse with decorative red and purple braided fringe

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of funds from the N. Bud and Beverly Grossman Foundation in honor of Dr. Evan M. Maurer, Director Emeritus, for his visionary leadership of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1988-2005

Accession Number:

2004.70.2

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Added to Site:

March 1, 2009

Saddle

Artist Unknown (Apsaalooka (Crow))

c. 1870