Inventory | Ethnography | Ferro da cavallo
- Common name
- Horseshoe
- Dialect name
- fer de caval
- Material
- iron
Description
The tool was used to protect the horse's hoof. It is applied while still warm to the hoof sole to take an impression, then shaped while hot and fastened with square nails in the stable.
Use
- Areas of use
- agro-sylvo-pastoral activities
- Specific use
- breeding
- Craft
- farmer
Preserved specimen
The iron, with a typical open ellipse shape, has a front reinforcement created to further protect the equine's hoof. Square-shaped fastening holes are present on the surface.
Cataloging
- SIRBeC
- 7s020-00154
