Antique Wooden Ox Yolk

Antique Wooden Ox Yolk 4 inches in width / thickness 5.5 inches in depth / across A wooden beam normally used between a pair of oxen or other animals to enable them to pull together on a load when working in pairs. The first harnessed animal was an ox around 4000 BC. Oxen were used to drag things around with a harness. Antique 1800's Hand Carved Wooden Hardwood Double Ox Yoke is 3 feet, 1 inch (or 37 inches long) Believe it is hard maple. This piece is from the mid to late 1800's and is in amazing condition for the age.