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Maker(s):Unknown
Title:Bull Poke
Type:Agricultural Tools and Equipment
Measurements:overall: 39 1/2 in x 30 in; 100.33 cm x 76.2 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK B.23.A.12.1
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Label Text:
SKINNER CATALOG: A large V shaped hickory bull poke, with a rod passing through holes bored about half way down each shank, and with a short "toe" mortised in at the bottom of each shank. Used to prevent bulls from "jumping pasture."
Height: 39 1/2" Width: 30" "Cat. 1/27/1935"

Tags:
farm equipment

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