SADDLE

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

SADDLE

Entry/Object ID

143/3039

Description

BEADED/STIRRUPS

Context

THIS SADDLE IS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL BY VERN THORNBURG IN THE LETTER DESIGNATED IN THE PROVENANCE. HE LISTS IT AS A SIOUX WOMAN'S SADDLE.

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Great Plains

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Oceti Sakowin
Native American

Notes

The word, Sioux, is referenced in the Harry L George Ledgers, according to a letter from March 12th, 1918. Sioux is considered a slur word according to the Oceti Sakowin peoples. Filed under Miscellaneous in George index; affiliation determined through letter with Vern Thornburgh

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Saddle

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tack, Animal

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Land Transportation Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Land Transportation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Parts

Count

1

Material

RAWHIDE

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

BEATRICE CREAMERY CO.; LINCOLN, NEB HLG LEDGER VOL. II, p. 262G2, ITEM CIRCLED. INVOICE DATE 12/7/1915