Oxcart

Oxcart, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:
1950.3788.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Makers
Shaker
Description

Oxcart. Three-sided wagon bed; bed has four planks tenon-jointed to back and front rails. Sides are secured to frame dividing them into five compartments. Sides have a gray color. Top rails extend behind sides and joined to base with iron bars; another set of iron bars join base to top rail at an angle. Between bars are iron staples with iron loops. Iron undercarriage secures bed to wooden tongue with rectangular cross-section. Iron band secured around tongue with gap between them at end; stake through tongue. Two 16-spoke wheels with iron tires.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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Shaker Museum Oxcart. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=22499. Accessed on November 26, 2024

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