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I finally found the book, the library took all their over-sized books off the shelves where they'd previously taken up residence, & created a new, "Oversize" section. The book is "Fine Art Of The West", by Byron B. Price. And, I apparently had mixed 2 different saddles up in my mind. One was a Texas-style stock saddle, c. 1840-60, with horsehair anquera; from the Fleischer Collection, Scottsdale. The other being a Mexican saddle by Pedro Una & Son of Puebla, Mexico, with saddle bags trimmed with padded flower design. The type of anquera on the Texas-style saddle was called a "duck tail" anquera.

Yes. I've seen several saddles with angora bags on the side; this one is clearly horse tail hair (not a whole tail though), & it's on the back, not the sides. There was reference to it in the caption as well, but I can't remember exactly what was said.

Some time back I saw a photo of a very old Spanish or Mexican saddle with long horse tail hair attached to the back of the saddle. The book has since dissappeared somewhere inside of the public library, & I cannot find anything like that one on the internet. So, I joined this forum in hopes of learning something... anything... about such a saddle... Has anyone here seen such a one??