Yoke, Animal
- Object Name:
- Yoke, Animal
- Object ID:
- 1980.051.01
- Creator:
- Woodbury, Frank T. (1871-1950)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Wakefield, MA
- Date:
- circa 1910
- Description:
- Ox Yoke. Made by Frank T. Woodbury (1871-1950), Wakefield, MA; c. 1910. Miniature. Two bent wood hoops suspended from carved wooden plate. One hoop is held in by a steel pin. Pin is missing from other hoop. Central iron ring with diameter of 0.7 inches. Ring held in place by iron wire that passes upward through midsection of yoke. Ends are pinched over and rest on a thin metal (?) plate. Tool marks on yoke from hand-carving the shape.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Tissue - Dimensions:
- H-2.6 W-6.55 D-0.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Frank T. Woodbury (1871-1950), who carved the miniature yokes, was the father of the donor, Ruth A. Woodbury (1902-1985). Frank Woodbury was a graduate of Harvard Medical School. He practiced medicine in Wakefield MA for forty years. He was born and brought up on the Woodbury Farm at North Weare NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ruth A. Woodbury
- People:
- Woodbury, Frank T. (1871-1950), Woodbury, Ruth A. (1902-1985), Woodbury, Dorcas L. (1907-1980)
- Subjects:
- Yokes
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