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Horn yoke with iron bells 

Horn yoke with iron bells 

A horn yoke carved with geometric and figurative motifs and adorned with bell-shaped iron fittings decorated with scrolls and a cross on the crest. Used to yoke two oxen to the wedding cart that transported the trousseau to the newlyweds’ new home. From the Gogeaskoa farmhouse (Mendexa, Bizkaia).

  • Place depicted: Bizkaia
  • Type of work: Objeto nupcial
  • Period: XX

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Work datasheet

  • Inventory no./Abbreviations: AAAA/0418
  • Date: c. 1900
  • Technique and support: Carved wood, wrought iron and cast bronze
  • Dimensions: 59 x 112 x 23 cm
  • Entry date and details: Donated by Domingo Martínez de Urtiaga Urrutibeascoa in 1920