Object Number | 86-35-319 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Navajo |
Provenience | Arizona |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Iron |
Description | An iron ring horse bit with several decorative linked adornments. These are made from a horizontal bar from which multiple sets of a three flattened links hang. Elongated, high port piece between the cheek shanks. Two chains are attached to the rein ends of the cheek shanks. The bit is repaired in multiple places with leather straps or wire. |
Length | 39 cm |
Width | 14 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of George and Henry J. Vaux, 1985 |
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