Sheep Salving
Description
Mr. M. Horner of Buckden preparing to salve sheep in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). A wooden salving bowl, with flat handle, has been lodged in a dry stone wall. Mr. Horner takes a seat on the salving stool. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0772. With ms. note, and ms. sketch of a salving stool based on a diagram in Joseph Lucas' 'Studies in Nidderdale' (London; Pateley Bridge: E. Stock, [1882]). Card 1 in a series of 3. Before the introduction of chemical sheep dip, sheep were salved with a mixture of tar and grease, the wool being parted and the salve rubbed into the roots. Originally held in Photo File: Sheep Dipping/Salving.
Metadata
| Identifier | jy3c5qxg |
| IRN | 411712 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/PHO/P0773 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/jy3c5qxg |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Sheep Salving and Other Processes: Photocards |
| Creator(s) | Kissling, Werner |
| Date | July 1965 |
| Size and Medium | 1 mounted photographic print. |