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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 11383019, member: 50&quot;]I found a couple similar that say pack saddle from China. [ATTACH]542330[/ATTACH] Not sure if it&#039;s true or not.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.museumofthehorse.org/pack-saddle-from-china/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.museumofthehorse.org/pack-saddle-from-china/" rel="nofollow">https://www.museumofthehorse.org/pack-saddle-from-china/</a></p><p><img src="https://www.museumofthehorse.org/wpstage/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/p-001sa_chps.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Pack Saddle from China</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;This is made from wood with metal fixings.</p><p><br /></p><p>The construction is very simple being planks of a hardwood set into a frame. They show a lot of wear on the wood as well as the metal fixings.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve been told they put them straight onto the horse, but I would think that would rub. All pack animals in Afghanistan have felts under the wooden trees.</p><p><br /></p><p>These types of saddles would have been very common right up to the end of the 2nd World War.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.auktionsverket.com/arkiv/online/275219" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.auktionsverket.com/arkiv/online/275219" rel="nofollow">https://www.auktionsverket.com/arkiv/online/275219</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://sav-images.auctionet.com/online/1411/275219-pall-kina/380275219_3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;SADDLE, 1900s, China, converted to a stool, height 51 cm&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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