Yoke, Animal
- Object Name:
- Yoke, Animal
- Object ID:
- 1966.047.27
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Yoke, sheep. Medium brown wood. Rectangular piece of wood, relatively long compared to width, with chamfered edges. Two holes in it with bent piece of wood that passes through them. Bent shaft has large knob at one end that was not carved away. Opposite end, portion of knob and flat surface where piece seems to be broken off. Smaller end that goes through horizontal piece has slight notches on two sides. Rectangular slot in hole on flat piece on one side where broken-off piece passes through. May have been a key to lock piece in place and pass into part of slot.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-9.5 W-9.5 D-1.4 inches Weight-5.45 oz
- Provenance:
- Part of a collection of early wooden tools and implements from a farm in Hancock, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Milton F. Schadegg
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