Sheep Salving

Description

Mr. M. Horner of Buckden salving sheep in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). A wooden salving bowl, with flat handle, has been lodged in a dry stone wall. Mr. Horner sits on a salving stool with the sheep. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0776. Card 3 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 q31m5vv5
IRN 411716
Class Mark LAVC/PHO/P0777
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/q31m5vv5
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.

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