Object number
59/120/3
Description
This crupper is part of the harness for a cart horse. The crupper loops under the horse's tail to stop the harness slipping forward. The harness was used on the Godman Estate in Horsham, West Sussex, and at Pepper Gate Farm in Lower Beeding, West Sussex.
Physical description
crupper: leather
Archival history
Identified on Adlib as 'breech-band' and as a 'crupper' on the MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History).
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5604.tif - High resolution image