Kiowa And Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
Accession Date:
17 May 1892
Collection Date:
C. 1891
Notes:
Wooden frame covered with rawhide. High pommel and cantle painted red, ornamented with twisted fringe, fork on front of pommel. Wildcat skin cover over seat, canvas pads under frame. Girthing of harness leather and hide. 12" (31 cm). Records: Horse hide girthing. (C). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)