- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1850s
- Medium
- wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 5/8 × 6 5/8 × 43 5/8 in. (6.7 × 16.8 × 110.8 cm)
- Description
- A wooden seed shovel. Shovel consists of a round long handle and a slightly curved blade with rounded edges. Shovel of head has wear from use, as well as some cracking in the wood. Shovel's handle is also worn from use.
- Place collected
- Doerun, Colquitt County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- shovels
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- Object number
- 2014.312.294
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




