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Calf Weaner
- Material
- METAL/ALLOY-UNKNOWN;
- Description
- The weaner calf is made up of metal. There are three triangular cuts on one side. Metal triangles have been pushed through the hole, they are stuck straight out and have very sharp points. The body of the metal is a flat square shape. The top of the device has two curved pieces of metal facing …
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MATERIALS
- Sub-Category
- ANIMAL HUSBANDRY TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Description
- The weaner calf is made up of metal. There are three triangular cuts on one side. Metal triangles have been pushed through the hole, they are stuck straight out and have very sharp points. The body of the metal is a flat square shape. The top of the device has two curved pieces of metal facing each other with metal ball on the ends.
- Narrative
- Prefaces card: 1979.115.34
- History Of Use
- This device was used to discourage calves from sucking milk from the mother.
- Material
- METAL/ALLOY-UNKNOWN;
- Height
- 6.5
- Width
- 12.2
- Length
- 11
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1979.115.34
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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