girth-strap;
horse-harness
- Museum number
- Af2000,05.50
- Description
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Girth-strap for horse made of sturdy cotton cloth woven in single width with natural-coloured warp and weft, decorated with central warp patterns in yellow-brown-dyed cotton and some green-dyed cotton. Cloth has tassels at both ends. Two iron rings attached to strap near one end by leather pieces, one natural-coloured, one dyed black; both have red-dyed leather stitching to secure to strap. Other end has large iron ring attached by natural-coloured leather piece to end of strap by red-dyed leather stitching.
- Production date
- 1975
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.50 centimetres
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Width: 158.40 centimetres
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Depth: 16 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Many of the objects in this collection were previously displayed in an exhibition,'The Arts of the Hausa', at the Commonwealth Institute, 1976, as part of the World of Islam Festival. Eth.Doc.364.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Generally good condition. Some staining.
- Acquisition date
- 2000
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af2000,05.50
