19TH CENTURY JAPANESE WOODEN OX YOKE CCCP predominantly aluminum or some other

predominantly aluminum or some other lightweight metal with fiberglass and metal fins

Motto "In Hoc Signo Spes Mea"

Frame size 16 3/4 inches by 21 inches

6 5/8 inches wide

BERN (Presumably Switzerland)

19TH CENTURY JAPANESE WOODEN OX YOKE CCCP predominantly aluminum or some otherAntique 19th Century brass ornamented wooden Japanese ox yoke. Painted red with attractive, heavily patinated brass or bronze ornamentation. Each arm is about 19 inches long, and the piece measures 29 inches wide at the base. (It does not swivel at the center, though it may have at one time.) The arms are 1 1 2 inches thick and 3 inches wide at the widest point. Each arm has two rectangular openings, a larger one fitted with a metal plate, and a