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harness, swingletree

On display
human history
  • Other Name

    singletree (alternative)

  • Description

    swingletree

    used as part of harnesses on horses towing the Colonial Sugar Company trucks at the Chelsea Sugar Works

    horizontal wooden bar with iron bracket at centre and hinged hooks. Iron ends with loops and two leather straps held in place at each end by metal brackets

  • Associated Place

    North Shore City/Auckland/New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1959.51.2
  • Accession Date
    1959
  • Other Id

    col.1742 (colonial)

    35590.2 (ethnology)

    col.1742.2 (temporary accession number)

  • Department

    History

    Social History

  • Display Room

    Tāmaki Herenga Waka: Stories of Auckland - Tamaki (Main Gallery)

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  • harness, swingletree, 1959.51.2, col.1742, 35590.2, col.1742.2, Photographed 27 Feb 2020, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • harness, swingletree, 1959.51.2, col.1742, 35590.2, col.1742.2, Photographed 27 Feb 2020, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • harness, swingletree, 1959.51.2, col.1742, 35590.2, col.1742.2, Photographed 27 Feb 2020, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • harness, swingletree, 1959.51.2, col.1742, 35590.2, col.1742.2, Photographed 27 Feb 2020, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • harness, swingletree, 1959.51.2, col.1742, 35590.2, col.1742.2, Photographed 27 Feb 2020, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • harness, swingletree, 1959.51.2, col.1742, 35590.2, col.1742.2, Photographed 27 Feb 2020, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • harness, swingletree, 1959.51.2, col.1742, 35590.2, col.1742.2, Photographed 27 Feb 2020, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • harness, swingletree, 1959.51.2, col.1742, 35590.2, col.1742.2, Photographed 27 Feb 2020, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • harness, swingletree, 1959.51.2, col.1742, 35590.2, col.1742.2, Photographed 27 Feb 2020, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • harness, swingletree, 1959.51.2, col.1742, 35590.2, col.1742.2, Photographed 27 Feb 2020, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • harness, swingletree, 1959.51.2, col.1742, 35590.2, col.1742.2, Photographed 27 Feb 2020, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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