Human Yoke

yoke

Name/Title

Human Yoke

Entry/Object ID

1981.13.5.2

Description

Yoke used for gathering sap. Wooden, stained red. Included with this are a sap yoke (.2), two sap buckets (.3 + .4), this leather belt (.1) and two hooks (.5 + .6). Hand carved yoke with buckets in red stain/paint made by the grandfather of Dr. Herbert S. Carver of Marshfield when Herbert was a boy. Belt is 72" long and 15/16" wide. It has buckle holes all along it, usually at 3/4" intervals. The yoke is 37" long and 7 1/2" widest point. The under side is not painted. Edges worn with age and use. The buckets are both 10" dia at top, 11 3/4" at bottom and 10 1/2" high. The hooks are both 6 7/8" long and slightly different. .6 has a leather piece (part of a strap) on the ring end, it is also very rusty. .5 is silver colored metal and is flaking slightly, it also has the smaller hook of the two.

Acquisition

Accession

1981.13

Source or Donor

Tracy, Helen Prouty (1908-1999)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Yoke, Human

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Land Transportation Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Land Transportation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Dimensions

Width

7-1/2 in

Depth

3-1/2 in

Length

36 in

Material

Wood

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Town

Calais

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America