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Material Type
Artifact
Materials
WOOD, PEWTER, ALUMINUM?, BRASS
Catalogue Number
P19940051015
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Material Type
Artifact
Date
1951
Materials
WOOD, PEWTER, ALUMINUM?, BRASS
No. Pieces
1
Height
36.8
Length
43.2
Width
21.6
Description
DOUBLE TIERED WOOD BASE WITH SILVER HORSE AND PAIR OF GOLD COWBOY BOOTS. WOOD BASE TIER IS HOLLOW WOOD FRAME WITH LIGHT FINISH. TRI-TERRACED CORNICE SKIRTS BASE TIER. TOP EDGE OF BASE TIER HAS THREE LEVEL FRIEZE AS WELL. NAILED TO FRONT OF BASE TIER ARE 7 BRASS SHIELDS, ALL BLANK. MOUNTED ON TOP OF BASE TIER IS SECOND SMALL TIER IDENTICAL TO BASE (WITHOUT CORNICE). BRASS PLAQUE ON FRONT READS "1951 SASK. RODEO ASSOCIATION BARE BACK BRONC RIDING CHAMPION" AND "DONATED BY T. EATON CO. LTD.". ON TOP OF SMALLER TIER IS BRASS PLATE WHICH COVERS TOP SURFACE ALOMOST COMPLETELY. TO SIDES OF SMALLER TIER MOUNTED ON BASE TIER ARE TWO PEWTER COWBOY BOOTS PAINTED GOLD. BOOT ON LEFT SIDE HAS TOP BROKEN OFF. MOUNTED ON BRASS PLATE ON SMALLER TIER IS METAL HORSE PAINTED SILVER. HORSE HAS SADDLE AND HOLE IN ITS MOUTH WHERE COTTON TIE PAINTED GOLD IS TIED AS TEATHERS. WOOD FINISH IS WEARING AND HAS NUMEROUS SMALL SCRATCHES.
Subjects
PERSONAL SYMBOL
Historical Association
SPORTS
History
SEE P19940051001-GA
Catalogue Number
P19940051015
Acquisition Date
1994-08
Collection
Museum
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