While related to Shoshone Female Throwing the Lasso (CR# 442) in composition, this scene apparently depicts a man, who seems to be much more at home on the back of a horse than the woman. The horse and rider are much more animated, and the horse herd is much larger, suggesting that the rider is chasing after wild horses rather than a few animals that have strayed during the night while feeding.
Miller explained, “The Lariat used for this purpose is composed of plaited Bull-hide, is remarkably strong, pliable, and of sufficient weight for throwing well, about 25 feet long, one end generally secured to the rider’s horse, the other having a running noose, held by the right hand, the coil being so arranged as not to tangle when the rope is thrown.” (Ross, 1968, text accompanying plate 80)
This animated sketch was one of the images that Miller included in the leather-bound portfolio that Stewart kept in the library at Murthly Castle.
Ron Tyler
While related to Shoshone Female Throwing the Lasso (CR# 442) in composition, this scene apparently depicts a man, who seems to be much more at home on the back of a horse than the woman. The horse and rider are much more animated, and the horse herd is much larger, suggesting that the rider is chasing after wild horses rather than a few animals that have strayed during the night while feeding.
Miller explained, “The Lariat used for this purpose is composed of plaited Bull-hide, is remarkably strong, pliable, and of sufficient weight for throwing well, about 25 feet long, one end generally secured to the rider’s horse, the other having a running noose, held by the right hand, the coil being so arranged as not to tangle when the rope is thrown.” (Ross, 1968, text accompanying plate 80)
This animated sketch was one of the images that Miller included in the leather-bound portfolio that Stewart kept in the library at Murthly Castle.
Ron Tyler
While related to Shoshone Female Throwing the Lasso (CR# 442) in composition, this scene apparently depicts a man, who seems to be much more at home on the back of a horse than the woman. The horse and rider are much more animated, and the horse herd is much larger, suggesting that the rider is chasing after wild horses rather than a few animals that have strayed during the night while feeding.
Miller explained, “The Lariat used for this purpose is composed of plaited Bull-hide, is remarkably strong, pliable, and of sufficient weight for throwing well, about 25 feet long, one end generally secured to the rider’s horse, the other having a running noose, held by the right hand, the coil being so arranged as not to tangle when the rope is thrown.” (Ross, 1968, text accompanying plate 80)
This animated sketch was one of the images that Miller included in the leather-bound portfolio that Stewart kept in the library at Murthly Castle.
Ron Tyler
