The wooden yoke was used to harness the animals to the "squeaky cars", used to transport cargo, and to the ox carts, used to transport people.

The yoke also served to harness the animals when they pulled the plough - agricultural implement used to plough the land - or the threshing machine, used in grain threshing.

The Collections of the Madeira Ethnographic Museum

Transportation

Credits: Madeira Ethnographic Museum