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Fetters

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Collection Type

  • Agricultural equipment

Date

1840-1880

GUSN

GUSN-3377

Description

Two iron "U" shaped forms joined by links of chain and an iron bar with loops at each end.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fetters (shackles)
iron (metal)
Iron
HOBBLE

Inscription

From a partial typed [illeg.] note tacked to the wall is: Horse Fetters, ...(?)/Hobbling Hor..(?)/Pastures .

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

42 x 6.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1161

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