Objects
Women’s festive saddle, part of a riding horse harness. Yakuts
Women’s festive saddle, part of a riding horse harness. Yakuts
Title
Women’s festive saddle, part of a riding horse harness.
Ethnic groups
Yakuts
Territory
Yakutskaya Oblast
Date
кон. XIX в. – нач. XX в.
Collectors
Material
Wood; leather; metal; threads: animal: wool: hair
Number
РЭМ 8620-1
Annotation
The saddle bows are trapezoidal and covered with engraved metal plates. Nailed to the saddle horn is a hook for slinging the reins and for suspending a whip or a gnat repeller. The quality and decorative design of the saddle and harness were indicators of their owner’s wealth, and a source of his/her pride. Women’s festive saddles were given special decoration. A horse with a full set of decorative trappings was part of a bride’s dowry; she rode it to the wedding ceremony. Abstract by M.V. Fedorova