Beaded Caparison
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- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0047
- Description
- A decorative bridle piece, heavily beaded, made of two pieces of elongated round ended pieces of buckskin sewn together. Beaded pattern of heart, spade, diamond, club card suits in red and frosty blue separated by oblique lines in blue green, and all on a white ground. On the bare surface are two 1…
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 92.0 cm
- Description
- A decorative bridle piece, heavily beaded, made of two pieces of elongated round ended pieces of buckskin sewn together. Beaded pattern of heart, spade, diamond, club card suits in red and frosty blue separated by oblique lines in blue green, and all on a white ground. On the bare surface are two 10 cm long buckskin strips sewn to the back, parallel to the length of the piece, and thongs at both ends.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0047
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Beaded Caparison
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0048%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0048 a,b
- Description
- A decorative bridle in two pieces, heavily beaded on canvas. (a) is the bridle proper, consisting of two strips of beads in an elongated cravat form, with headband and nose band, forming headstall and (b) is a chevron shaped heavily beaded piece of canvas which would fit elsewhere on the horse. Des…
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- Title
- Beaded Caparison
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- A decorative bridle in two pieces, heavily beaded on canvas. (a) is the bridle proper, consisting of two strips of beads in an elongated cravat form, with headband and nose band, forming headstall and (b) is a chevron shaped heavily beaded piece of canvas which would fit elsewhere on the horse. Design is dark blue ground bordered by light blue beads and on the blue ground double ended arrows in light blue, bordered by orange emanating from double diamonds in orange.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0048 a,b
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