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Kojonup Historical Collection > Records

Weaning Harness for Calf

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Livestock - cattle

Overview

A brown leather harness which holds a curved leather piece which has seven long nails protruding. The length of the nail spikes are 8.5 cm long.

Historical information

This harness was placed around a calf's neck with the nails facing upwards on the back of the calf's neck. When the calf attempted to suckle from the cow, the cow would get prodded with the nails and kick the calf away. It was used to wean the calf from the cow when there were no yards or fences to separate cows from calves.

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Registration number

cwa-org-201-2022.5.5

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

19 cm

Height or length

54 cm

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Copyright and Reference

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Please contact the Shire of Kojonup for reproduction of image or for access to a higher resolution image.

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Courtesy of Shire of Kojonup.

Kojonup Historical Collection

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