- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Manufactured by
- Forte and Tablada Inc., American, founded 1961
- Commissioned by
- Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
- Date
- ca. 1972
- Medium
- steel
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (assembled gate and bars ): 87 1/4 × 139 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (221.6 × 353.7 × 24.1 cm)
- Description
- Bars and gate for prison cell from cell no. 3 of Camp A at Angola prison in Louisiana. The structure, which makes up the fourth wall of the prison cell and has a moveable gate, is made up of thirteen separate pieces that form one solid piece when assembled.
- Place collected
- West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Type
- cells
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections and Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola
- Object number
- 2013.26.2.1a-n
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




