carousel horses
Painted wooden mounts
Carousel horses are the wooden or fiberglass horses mounted on a merry-go-round, moving up and down as the platform rotates.
They're typically painted in bright colors with ornate saddles and flowing manes.
Antique carousel horses, especially hand-carved wooden ones, are prized by collectors: The carousel horses from that 1920s fair sold for thousands at auction.
- calliopePressurized pipe instrument
- music boxMechanism playing melodies mechanically
- up and downAlternating between extremes
- bridleEquine control harness
- maneNeck hair, horse/lion
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- theme parksroller coasters, roller coaster, Ferris wheel, merry-go-round, carousels
- American craftsquilts, quilting, coverlets, samplers, hooked rugs
- fairground artcircus posters
- folk artsamplers, weathervanes, whirligigs, folk traditions, beadwork
- carousel partscenter pole, galloper, brass ring, calliope
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
motion/progress
carousel horsesracehorses
Equines bred for speed
wild mustangs · migratory birds · explorers · pioneers · cavalry charges