Name/Title
Branding IronEntry/Object ID
5898Description
This is a very early firebrand used on sheep from the 1840's to around about 1900. This one is called a Jowl brand, where they were burnt into the side of the face less permanent scar tissue. This practice was outlawed in 1900. But this goes back to the earliest way of identifying sheep.Collection
Animal Husbandry