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Camel Saddle in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2020

Camel Saddle in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2020
Title: Camel Saddle

Date: 19th century

Geography: Algeria, Tamanghasset

Culture: Tuareg peoples

Medium: Wood, leather, copper, dye

Dimensions: H. 22 1/4 × W. 20 1/16 × D. 14 in., 111.735 oz. (56.5 × 51 × 35.5 cm, 3168 g)

Classifications: Wood-Implements, Leather

Credit Line: Musée du Quai Branly–Jacques Chirac, Paris (71.1884.41.1)


The camel arrived on the Mediterranean coast of Africa from the Middle East around the first century B.C. Able to carry heavier loads and travel greater distances without water than horses or donkeys, camels were essential to the development of regular long-distance commerce across the desert in the seventh century. An adorned leather saddle such as this example is designed to fit in front of the camel’s hump on top of several saddle cloths, allowing the rider to rest his feet. The forked saddle horn between the rider’s legs could be used to steady himself.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/760049

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