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Saddle blanket is part of a riding horse harness. Yakuts

Title:

Saddle blanket is part of a riding horse harness.

Ethnic groups:

Yakuts

Territory:

Yakutskaya Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Date:

нач. XX в.

Collectors-person:
Kaplan Maria
Material:

Cloth: cloth; cloth (cotton); glass (glass beads); metal; leather: natural leather: suede: skin suede

Number:

РЭМ 7200-74

Annotation:

It is of a trapezoidal shape, and made of black and red cloth, with deer suede tassels on the edges. Its central part is decorated with metal plaques and bead embroidery, which make a lyre-shaped pattern symbolizing the wish of wealth and prosperity. The saddle blanket was used to cover the horse’s croup; it was part of a parade outfit put on a riding horse only in very ceremonial cases – for the Yssyakh feast and for wedding. Abstract by M.V. Fedorova

Albums:
Arctic. Arctic horse-breeding
Rus:
Чепрак – часть упряжи верхового коня. Якуты