A Vintage Braided Rawhide Gaucho Bridle and Bolas or Boleadoras - Bit1005 ottoman with its sandwich tin

with its sandwich tin

There are some small dents and dings in the silverBetween the two collars the whip is covered in dark brown braided leather

There is some surface crackling to the leather of the keeper and the thong has an old bound repair to the loop at its end

but possibly not

perhaps thanks to the Arab traders who travelled south through Africa and north into Spain

A Vintage Braided Rawhide Gaucho Bridle and Bolas or Boleadoras - Bit1005 ottoman with its sandwich tinThis bridle is made of braided rawhide. The headpiece fastens and the reins and cheeks are attached to the bit by loops and braided rawhide "buttons". The reins are separate and end in fringingThe bridle has a simple iron curb bit with a medium port and curved cheeks. There is also an incomplete set of boleadoras or bolas. Bolas or boleadoras are a hunting tool or weapon. They came from South America. Similar arrangements of throwing stones and ropes