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Blazing Saddle

Donald J. La Rocca
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“This tradition of highly decorative saddles continues uninterrupted in Tibet for at least a thousand years.”

Curator Donald La Rocca on a mid-1900s ceremonial saddle from Tibet.

Contributors

Donald J. La Rocca
Curator, Department of Arms and Armor

Photography by Oi-Cheong Lee

Art Mentioned

Saddle (gser sga) Made for Yuthok Tashi Dundrup (g.yu thog bkra shis don grub, 1906–1983), Copper alloy, iron, gold, turquoise, wood, leather, textile (silk, cotton), Tibetan, Derge
Saddle (gser sga) Made for Yuthok Tashi Dundrup (g.yu thog bkra shis don grub, 1906–1983)
Tibetan, Derge
ca. 1943–47

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