Demonstrating unique artistic styling, this 27" long multicolored, geometric pattern hitched hair headstall is typical of those produced by inmates at both the Arizona Territorial Prison in Yuma and later at the State prison in Florence. The face drop has a hitched dome with star design and the forehead drop has an acorn dangle. The rosettes are hitched over wood. No reins, but attached to an early California unmarked straight cheek Las Cruces style finely inlaid bit. Provenance: Per family's notes, this multicolored bridle was woven for Rhoda Agatha Rindge by Francisco Ruiz at the turn of the 20th century. Frederick Hastings Rindge Estate, Rancho Malibu and Los Angeles, CA. Through Bonhams, Los Angeles, Rindge Family Property Sale, October 2019.