Neck yoke
date: label: Date
content: 19th-mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: A carved wooden neck yoke. The yoke beam is carved from a single piece of stained wood. The yoke is thick in the middle with tapered sides and ends. At the center of the yoke beam is a carved out semicircle for the neck rest. The underside of the yoke has been carved into a concave shoulder rest. The proper right arm of the yoke has two deep notches, one notch towards the center of the arm, and the other near the tip. On the proper left arm, there is one notch towards the center of the arm and the tip has broken off.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.23.87
objectType: label: Type
content: yokes (animal equipment)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 7/8 × 39 13/16 × 2 1/8 in. (12.4 × 101.2 × 5.4 cm)