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Horse gag, a farrier's tool, used to hold a horse's mouth open. Previously part of the collections at the Curtis Museum, in Alton.
This is a horse gag, a veterinary or farrier's tool, used to force and hold a horse's mouth open. Its handle is made of unpeeled ash wood. The museum holds no information about its origins, other than that it was previously part of the collections at the Curtis Museum, in Alton.

1 farriers gag: wood; Metal

Wood, Metal