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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1256.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 10
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: LEATHER/ METAL HARDWARE/ WOODEN HAMES/ COLLARS STUFFED WITH STRAW

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Transportation
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: HORSES WERE USED EXTENSIVELY IN THE EARLY DAYS OF LOGGING IN CANADA TO HAUL LOGS OUT OF THE BUSH TO EITHER BODIES OF WATER OR TO TRAINS FOR TRANSPORT TO SAWMILLS. SOME HORSE LOGGING IS STILL PRACTISED TODAY.
Function: USED TO ATTACH A HORSE (PR. OF HORSES) TO A LOAD IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE MOVED AND ALSO TO CONTROL THE HORSE IN ITS EFFORTS/ THIS SET OF HARNESS NOT FOR A LARGE HORSE.
Technical: A VERY EARLY TECHNOLOGY - HARNESSED HORSES WERE AN IMPORTANT MEANS OF HAULING GOODS & PEOPLEUP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: .2 CHEEKSTRAP/ .3 & .4 CONSIST ONLY OF THE BODY & FOREWHALE (SEE REF)/ (NOT SURE OF COMPLETENESS OF HARNESS)
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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