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Bridle

NameBridle
Date1880-1910
Mediumpainted rawhide bridle with glass beads, hide, metal, sewn horsehair drops, braided horsehair reins with wool, cotton, glass beads
DimensionsPart A (Bridle): 19 × 9 1/2 × 6 in. (48.3 × 24.1 × 15.2 cm) Part B (Reins): 151 5/16 × 9 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (384.4 × 24.1 × 3.2 cm) on mount with coiled reins on deck: 37 × 10 × 15 in. (94 × 25.4 × 38.1 cm)
ClassificationsTools and Equipment
Credit LineBequest of Kenneth S. "Bud" and Nancy Adams
Object number2015.8.145 A-B
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