Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1936 from R. Bruce Cregar (1887-1958, an Indian art collector and dealer who operated shops in Palm Springs, California).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
- Previous owner
- R. Bruce Cregar (Richard Bruce Cregar), Non-Indian, 1887-1958
- Seller
- R. Bruce Cregar (Richard Bruce Cregar), Non-Indian, 1887-1958
- Date created
- circa 1890
- Object Name
- Bridle and reins
- Media/Materials
- Hide, wool cloth, hide thong/babiche, glass bead/beads, horsehair, metal items, wool yarn, twine/string, paint, dye/dyes, sinew
- Techniques
- Overlay beadwork, sewn, wrapped, bead-wrapped, dyed, painted
- Dimensions
- 66 x 17 x 203 cm
- Object Type
- Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
- Indigenous Term
- íaxchuuwate
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