Crupper


Definition of Crupper

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Tail Cap (also called Crupper) for a ceremonial saddle at the Surin elephant festival. Photo: Dan Koehl, 2011
Tail Cap (also called Crupper) for a ceremonial saddle at the Surin elephant festival. Photo: Dan Koehl, 2011



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Records about Crupper from the Gajah Glossary at https://www.asesg.org/PDFfiles/Gajah/23-01-Glossary.pdf Crupper (Baket 1890:50; Shand 1992:25) Unit that passes under an elephants tail to help secure the howdah; often made of metal; smoothness, not softness, is lmportant

M. Philip Kahl and Charles Santiapillai, Gajah Elephant Glossary, Gajah nr 23 (2004), Journal for Asian Elephant Specialist Group


Reference list Koehl, Dan, (2024). Crupper. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 September 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/index.php?id=73. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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