Date

19th century

Description

A black, iron, horse hair clipper. When the farmers would bring in their horses they would use this tool to clip the hair. Clipping the horses hair made the inside temperature more bearable for the animals. This clipper is missing the cable and clipper attached to the metal stick connected to the gears. To operate the machine it would need two people. One would crank the handle to provide power for the clipper, meanwhile the other would guide the clipper head which was attached to the cable.

Materials

cast iron

Measurements

40 in. H

Category

Category 10: Unclassifiable Objects