- On View
- Segregation Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Medium
- iron, paint
- Dimensions
- Overall with Weight: 11 1/2 × 3 × 32 in., 7 lb. (29.2 × 7.6 × 81.3 cm, 3.2 kg)
- Description
- A cotton scale designed for personal use. There are four hooks at one end, a long, grooved bar with cast-in numbers, and a large, pear-shaped weight at the end of the bar. The metal has a compact, brown-black patina on it - the red paint on the weight has been almost completely lost. There are patches of rust, and the hook attachments are unstable and bent.
- Place used
- South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- steelyards
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Courtesy of Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina
- Object number
- 2013.170.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




