Doubletree harness owned by the Lyles family
date: label: Date
content: 1880s - 1890s
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Carl Lyles, American
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place used
content: Lyles Station, Gibson County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Rural life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Exhibition
content: Power of Place
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Lyles Station Historic Preservation Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.155.4
objectType: label: Type
content: harnesses
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 and iron
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 x 85 in. (20.3 x 215.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: 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)
label: Dimensions
content: 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)