Horn Branding (Sheep)
Description
Mr. M. Horner of Buckden preparing to brand sheep horns in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). A metal bucket has been filled with small pieces of wood and set alight, in order to heat the metal branding implement. The sheep owner's registered brand will be burnt into the horn, forming a permanent record of ownership. Mr. Horner's horn-topped walking stick is planted in the ground in the foreground. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0784. Card 1 in a series of 4. Originally held in Photo File: Sheep - Other Processes.
Metadata
| Identifier | whqsks9l |
| IRN | 411722 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/PHO/P0783 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/whqsks9l |
| 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. |