Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1895)
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology · Washington : U. S. Govt. Print. Off. · leaf 377
ost of them with a spike in front, were used FIGURE 35.—Stirrups. a, Made of two pieces; b, made of one piece almost altogether by women.’ Saddles of this kind were generally ornamented with long flaps of skin richly embroidered which hung from both pommels, or sometimes just from the back one.*… … FIGURE 36.—Beaded flaps for stirrups for women’s saddles. a, Common type. b, Less com- mon type. c, With beaded foot rest ferent shapes. For a common kind used by the Kalispel see Figure 35.° Cruppers were used on many saddles; those on women’s saddles were wide and highly ornamented.’ Beaded…
Ethnology · Indians
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