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Album: DIV P7 CLASS 6 NATIVE AMERICAN COSTUME
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Description: black leopard Knabstrupper/Thoroughbred cross mare. Breyer traditional. In 1743 the barded war mare picks her way carefully down the hill bearing her Comanche warrior toward the site of coming battle. A Historic Commanche Barded/Armed Warrior. This is an artists rendition made from the images of rock art found in the USA. It has recently been discovered that Commanches and a few other tribes, armed their horses with leather barding for battle. This was adopted based on the Spanish barding they learned about while working with the Spanish. This only lasted until guns came into the area around 1750. Although no actual pieces of barding have yet been found there are a few references that provide enough information to create this piece. Every detail has been created from in-depth research including the way he is carrying his lance. Here is some basic documentation https://www.ponybytes.com/forum/gallery/233545_nativeamericandocu.jpeg and https://www.ponybytes.com/forum/gallery/234039_rockartcomanche.jpeg The armor can be removed and the warrior can ride his horse away quickly still with his full saddle/crupper/bridle set up. The saddle has a high cantle and pomel to help support him in battle. The red hair hanging off the horses bridle is a scalp piece dyed red. Buffalo pelts are used as a saddle pad as well as thrown over the saddle for rider comfort. The shield is painted for its medicinal powers. The barding/armor is made of pieces of rawhide covered in glue and sand to give it more strength. The shirt is strengthened with glue and sand and the warrior wears a chest shield, similar to the horses armor. The vest over top has images that show battle wins and provides another layer of protection. This warrior often uses a buffalo mask on his horse to intimidate his enemies but for many battles, like the one he is about to go in to, it's better to allow the horse full vision and movement.
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