Antique South American Wooden Stirrups Carved with Maize - Stirrup371 veterinary hunting customs & kit

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There is a crown shaped "gatepusher" in the top of the handle

the leather has many old scuffs and scratches

This thick leather case dates from the early 20th Century

The "cannons" of the jointed mouthpiece are solid steel and much heavier than similar hollow examplesThe surfaces of the mouthpiece that would touch the tongue have incised grooves

Antique South American Wooden Stirrups Carved with Maize - Stirrup371 veterinary hunting customs & kitEach of these stirrups was carved from a single piece of wood. They are decorated with leaves, berries and an ear of corn or maize. Each stirrup has a flattened iron band around its centre which holds a ridged suspension bar. There are old woodworm holes in the wood, but this has been treated and is long dead. These were working tools, one side of one stirrup has an old wooden repair and there are splits and chips to the wood please look at the