Doubletree harness owned by the Lyles family
- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Lyles, Carl, American
- Date
- 1880s - 1890s
- 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)
- 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.
- Place used
- Lyles Station, Gibson County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- harnesses
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Communities
- Families
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Lyles Station Historic Preservation Corporation
- Object number
- 2012.155.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.