Doubletree harness owned by the Lyles family

Object Details

Manufactured by

Unidentified

Owned by

Carl Lyles, American

Description

A doubletree harness consisting of a wood evener bar (central piece) connected to two wood single trees (end pieces) with iron joints. There is an iron ring at the center of the evener bar and iron hooks at both ends of the single trees.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Lyles Station Historic Preservation Corporation

1880s - 1890s

Object number

2012.155.4

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

harnesses

Medium

wood and iron

Dimensions

H x W: 8 x 85 in. (20.3 x 215.9 cm)

H x W x D (Two single trees [approximate]): 2 5/8 x 35 x 1 1/4 in. (6.7 x 88.9 x 3.2 cm)

H x W x D (Evener bar): 3 5/8 x 39 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (9.2 x 99.7 x 3.8 cm)

Place used

Lyles Station, Gibson County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Tools and Equipment-Agricultural

Exhibition

Power of Place

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Agriculture

Communities

Families

Rural life

Record ID

nmaahc_2012.155.4

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5dc0af25b-636a-4876-8d64-ddfeafb0ee85