Waiting
by Barbara Keith
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9.000 x 12.000 inches
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Title
Waiting
Artist
Barbara Keith
Medium
Drawing - Ink And White Charcoal
Description
A riding horse or a saddle horse is a horse used by mounted horse riders for sport, recreation or transportation.
It is unclear exactly when horses were first ridden because early domestication did not create noticeable physical changes in the horse. However, there is strong circumstantial evidence that horse were ridden by people of the Botai culture during the copper age, circa 3600-3100 BCE. The earliest evidence suggesting horses were ridden dates to about 3500 BCE, where evidence from horse skulls found at site in Kazakhstan indicated that they had worn some type of bit. Wear facets of 3 mm or more were found on seven horse premolars in two sites, Botai and Kozhai 1, dated about 3500–3000 BCE. It is theorized that people herding animals first rode horses for this purpose, presumably bareback, and probably used soft materials such as rope or possibly bone to create rudimentary bridles and hackamores. However, the earliest definitive evidence of horses being ridden dates to art and textual evidence dating to about 2000-1500 BCE.
Many different horse breeds and types are suitable for riding, and body type varies widely depending on the equestrianism work they are asked to perform and the equitation style of the rider (Wikipedia).
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July 17th, 2018
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Taphath Foose
Beautiful work, Barbara!! I love your combo of mediums and highlighting!!! Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Mix Your Media"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/F
Jeff Iverson
Congratulations your wonderful work is now featured on Midwest America Artists! Please add your work to our Discussion archive for features.