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74/151
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[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This cow tie is made from hemp with a Flemish eye at one end, constructed like a buttonhole stitch. The hemp used was probably imported from the USSR, via Baxter Bros Dundee. It was used to fasten cows in their stalls during milking.
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL Catalogue Form (temporary) – ‘Tie // Place of manufacture: Higher Flox Mills, Castle Cary, Somerset, Maker: T. S. Donme. 1970 // Dr D. Chapman, university of Liverpool // The cow tie is made from hemp with a Flemish eye at one end. This constructed like a buttonhole stitch. The hemp used was probably imported from the USSR, via Baxter Bros Dundee. It was used to fasten cows in their stalls during milking’
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Castle Cary
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[nb-NO]External document[nb-NO]
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_12326.tif - High resolution image
