Object number
69/132
Description
A yoke used for carrying buckets. This example was used for carrying milk as well as water for steam threshing machines.
Yokes like this were used for carrying buckets about the farms, most commonly in the dairy. The yoke was carried on the shoulders and the buckets hung on the straps at either end. The arched cut out shape in the wooden body fits around the carrier's neck, and the chain attachments are fixed so that the one on the left projects forwards and that on the right backwards. This example was used for carrying milk as well as water for steam threshing machines.
Physical description
1 yoke; wood, leather, metal
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – ‘Yoke // Transport land manual // Mr S. Brailsford, Risley, Derby // wood iron. Said to be 73 years old- used for carrying buckets both of milk and water for steam threshing machines. Marked ‘S. B.’ [pencil drawing]’
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