Man Made Mobile: Early Saddles of Western North America
Entry/Object ID
L1981.2.1B
Description
Man Made Mobile. Photographs, descriptions and history of the saddles in America. A second copy of this book has been filed with Antiques. Contains 4 distinct discussions: major horizons (wide-spread appearances of historical protypes) within the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries; Mexican origins of form and associated activities; development among U.S. riders before the professional cowboy era (post-Civil War); and the emergence of the U.S. western stock saddle. These 4 essays are followed by an illustrated catalogue of the equestrian artifacts in the Smithsonian and other collections.
147/Illustrations/Photographs.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Saddles, Pony express
Search Terms
Pony Express, Saddles, Western saddles, Saddlery - Exhibitions