Indian men wanted their women to present a fine appearance on horseback. As a result, women's horse gear was much more elaborate and decorated than the men's. Here Friberg has pictured a splendid procession of a tribe on the move, with richly beaded saddles, chest bands, and cruppers on horses drawing burdens by means of lodge poles laced into a "travois," ridden by squaws carrying papooses on their backs in highly decorated cradleboards.