Bridle

Object/Artifact

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Bridle

Entry/Object ID

19.83.22

Description

Material: metal, leather, horsehair, celluloid. Size: 6 1/4" W. x 80" L. Description: leather tooled straps - four-part bridle - (a) Nose strap. Description: steel bit on main part - white celluloid rings - twelve gray horsehair tassels - two black horsehair tassels - black background. (b) Quirt. Size: 1 3/4" W. x 38" L. Description: one tooled strap looped at one end, one light gray tassel, one black tassel - two leather strips at other end. [c] Tie-down. Size: 1" W. x 23 3/4" L. Description: brown split leather tie-down - smooth on one side - eight holes and a metal buckle - splits into two straps caught by a rounded piece. (d) Strap. Size: Description: brown leather two-piece neck strap - one wider strap has seventeen holes goes around front of neck.

Context

Accessioned as a Native American bridle, but is questionably so due to the construction.

Cataloged By

Legacy Artifacts Import

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bridle

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

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

January 2, 1992

Update Date

November 21, 2024