Pack Saddle
Object
2001.21.2
Wooden pack saddle made of x-shaped frame to fit over back of the horse, attached together by crossed wooden struts at each end. These are both wrapped with leather straps that extend over both sides of the frame to rings for connecting to objects to be carried. Painted primer grey.
Pack saddle is a support designed to fit on the back of a pack animal, usually a horse or a mule, for easy transportation of goods. The saddle provides a place to attach pack sacks or boxes of freight. A well manufactured and placed pack saddle will distribute the weight of the attached baggage along the surface of the animals back easing the load for the animal.