. Bulletin. Ethnology. 118 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [liiiU. 159 dressed skin about 60 inches long by 24 inches wide. This piece was doubled on the long dimension and the edges sewn together. A lon- gitudinal slit, cut in the center of its length, served as the opening of the bag. Long, cut fringes (15 inches or more in length) were sewn to the ends of the bag. According to the Blackfoot ideal these fringes should be long enough to fall below the horse's belly when the bag is in place across the horse's back. In earlier times, probably before 1870, these bags were decorated with panels of p
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 118 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [liiiU. 159 dressed skin about 60 inches long by 24 inches wide. This piece was doubled on the long dimension and the edges sewn together. A lon- gitudinal slit, cut in the center of its length, served as the opening of the bag. Long, cut fringes (15 inches or more in length) were sewn to the ends of the bag. According to the Blackfoot ideal these fringes should be long enough to fall below the horse's belly when the bag is in place across the horse's back. In earlier times, probably before 1870, these bags were decorated with panels of painted or quilled de-. FiGUKE 22.—Double saddlebag thrown over a woman's saddle for transportation, Blackfoot. signs in rectangular areas the width of the pendent sides. Speci- mens of more recent manufacture have these panels in beadwork over a background of red or black flannel. Double saddlebags were transported in either of two ways. Most commonly they seem to have been thrown over the center of the woman's saddle, hanging an equal distance at each side (fig. 22). The rider threw a buffalo robe over the bag then mounted on top of it. Thus the distance between the pommel and cantle of the woman's saddle determined the proper width of the saddlebag (about 12 inches). Less commonly the saddlebag was placed over the cantle of the saddle through the slit opening at the center of the bag. A little over half its width then rested on the horse's back behind the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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