Object number
53/392
Collection
Description
A housen is a piece of decoration attached to the top of a horse's collar. This is a wooden carved housen, coloured red.
A housen is a piece of decoration attached to the top of a horse's collar. This is a wooden carved housen, coloured red. It has metal attachment points, one of which is missing, and a metal decoration at the top.
Physical description
Housen: wooden; metal; fair condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: // Accession number: // Classification: // Negative number: // Acquisition method: // Acquired from: // Date: // Store: // Condition: // Recorder: // Date: // Description: Wooden carved housen coloured red. Probably from the same set of gipsy harness as 53/291. It has metal attachment points one of which is missing and a metal decoration on the top.// Dimensions: // Associated information: // References:'
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