On View
Segregation Gallery
Exhibition
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
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
Topic
Agriculture
American South
Cotton
Labor
Segregation
U.S. History, 1865-1921
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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5aaac76fb-d318-47e4-af63-f8693b67552d

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