A stunning black and natural Native made hitched horsehair bridle. From: Horsehair Bridles: A Unique American Folk Art , p. 170, fig. 10.13: "This tag indicates the provenance that this bridle was made by a Navajo Indian in the Alamosa area of New Mexico and purchased by Harold Streets, an Indian trader and the owner of the Taos Inn in the 1940s." The spiral pattern using natural colors is a commonly used Indian motif. The Roadrunner bird motif is used as a decorative design by the Navajo and forms the cheeks of a masterfully made coin silver overlaid bit. Pictured: Horsehair Bridles: A Unique American Folk Art by Ned & Jody Martin, page 170, figure 10.13.