Object number
59/119/7
Description
This breech strap is part of the harness for a cart horse. The breech strap goes around the haunches of the horse. The harness was used on the Godman Estate in Horsham, West Sussex, and at Pepper Gate Farm in Lower Beeding, West Sussex.
Physical description
1 breech strap: leather
Archival history
Identified on Adlib as 'crupper, breech-band and hip-straps' and as 'breech band' 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_5599.tif - High resolution image
