- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1800s
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1 5/8 × 1 × 14 1/4 in. (4.1 × 2.5 × 36.2 cm)
- Description
- Slave branding iron with "W" head. Branding iron is made of metal with "W" head at one end and a loop at the opposite end. Metal is twisted to create spiral-like design at center of brand.
- Place collected
- Doerun, Colquitt County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- brands
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- Object number
- 2014.312.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




