Raw strips of ox hide

azu_shantz_19191016_36474_m.jpg

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Title

Raw strips of ox hide

Subject

Cattle

Description

A photograph of making reins. It is raw strips of oxhide that are wet with hot lard or tallow and twisted up. When thoroughly twisted they are allowed to unwind and twist in the opposite direction. After five days of twisting they are dried and used universally were oxen are handled.

Creator

Shantz, Homer Leroy

Source

Homer Shantz Photograph Collection (MS 481)

Date

1919-10-16

Contributor

University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections

Rights

No Known Copyright: The University Libraries is not aware of any known United States copyright protection for this material.

Relation

MS 481, Box 27, 36474, F1-2-1919

Format

JPEG

Language

eng

Type

Image

Identifier

azu_shantz_19191016_36474_m.jpg

Coverage

Vereeniging (South Africa)