- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1820-1850
- Medium
- wood, metal
- Dimensions
- 67 3/4 × 3 × 11 in. (172.1 × 7.6 × 27.9 cm)
- Description
- A long handcarved wooden handle with metal flat axe head, used as a potato axe. Handle is a lighter wood, that tapers to a point at the end opposite the axe head. Metal head, uneven surface texture, resembling a propeller, has a hole on one end that the wooden handle sticks through. Top of wooden handle that goes through metal head is painted to match metal on top. Metal handle comes off side with a flat head, rectangular with rounded edges (like a fan blade).
- Place collected
- Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- axes (tools)
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- Object number
- 2014.312.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




