Horn Branding (Sheep)
- Original object type: Artefact
- Title: Horn Branding (Sheep)
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Description:
Mr. M. Horner of Buckden preparing to brand sheep horns in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). A metal bucket has been filled with small pieces of wood and set alight. Mr. Horner places the metal branding implement into a slot at the bottom of the bucket in order to heat it. The sheep owner's registered brand will be burnt into the sheep's horn, forming a permanent record of ownership. Mr. Horner's horn-topped walking stick is planted in the ground in the foreground. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0786. Card 2 in a series of 4.
Originally held in Photo File: Sheep - Other Processes.
- Date range: July 1965
- Date: 1965
- Subjects: University Subjects > Linguistics and Phonetics
- Collection: Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
- Physical Identifier: LAVC/PHO/P0785
- URI: http://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/27254
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