Object number
59/386/1-2
Description
Nothing is known about these wooden hames with metal hooks and chains. It is thought that may have been used for oxen.
Nothing is known about these wooden hames with metal hooks and chains. It is thought that may have been used for oxen.
Physical description
pair of hames: wood, metal
Archival history
Letter, F. Mayo to MERL, 26 August 1959 – ‘In reply to your letter re. hames, my grandfather W. Mayo used oxen when farming at Poxwell to haul hay from Ringstead. // My Father F. J. Mayo sold some Longhorn Cattle to a man in South Africa at the beginning of the century for use as oxen, but do not know if he used the hames at Friar Waddon.’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_7831.tif - High resolution image
