Object number
68/242
Description
A yoke used for carrying buckets. This example was found in an old house at Ashwater Barton in Devon
This is a yoke, used for carrying buckets about the farm, most commonly in the dairy. The yoke was carried on the shoulders and the buckets hung on chains 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 found in old house at Ashwater Barton in Devon
Physical description
1 yoke: wood; good condition- although side chains missing
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Catalogue’ form - ‘YOKE // transport Land Goods Manual // B. W. Lewers, Ashwater Bottom, Beaworthy, Devon // Found in old house at Ashwater Bottom. Parts of house c.400 years old [pencil drawing].’
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Dimensions
- Length 890 mm
- Width 170 mm
Associated subject
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_9129.tif - High resolution image
