Horse Trapping

Hausa people (?), Nigeria, 1st half 20th c.

Ex–old English collection

Velvet appliquéd with dyed goat leather

20” x 47”  (50.8 x 119.38 cm)

Price: $2,500

 
 

The blue-green and zigzag motifs point toward a probable Hausa origin. Professionally mounted on a stretcher frame.

REFERENCES

Heathcote, David. The Arts of the Hausa. London: World of Islam Festival, 1976, pl. 9.

“Saddle-Cloth.” The British Museum. Accessed November 7, 2022.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1979-01-2665.

———. The British Museum. Accessed November 7, 2022.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_2011-2052-81.