Saddle, Pad
Saddle, Pad
Saddle, Pad
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Leather, horsehair, possibly grass and wool yarn. Beads- Clear: medium and dark green, dark rose. Opaque white [pre- 1830], dark cobalt blue. Opalescent: light blue [datable].
Modified Sioux stitch beads strung on sinew. SFR. Two hour glass pieces of hide attached to one another to forma pad, stuffed with horsehair [possible grass] and edged in wool yarn to form a pad saddle. CH.
Elaborately beaded hour glass shaped pillow of hide with stuffing. The four corners have fully beaded flaps of leather that have been attached to the pad saddle. The middle has plain leather flaps attached to the girth. The center of the pad is stitched with leather to keep the stuffing in place. The edges are stitched in wool yarn over leather things. SFR, CW, CH.
Based on physical observation by CW and SFR.