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

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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

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Reference list Koehl, Dan, (2025). 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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Records about Crupper from the Gajah Glossary, https://www.asesg.org/PDFfiles/Gajah/23-01-Glossary.pdf

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