- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1800-1850
- Medium
- iron
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (11.4 × 16.5 × 19.7 cm)
- Caption
- Restraints like this collar were used on men, women, and children to prevent escape and to control the captive inventory.
- Description
- This wrought iron collar is formed of two pieces of semicircular iron joined together by two interlocking metal loops. At each end of the two pieces are another two rings. Through these are looped a D-shaped ring attached to a locking mechanism. The outer surface of the two pieces has been incised with a repeating semi-circular design.
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- shackles
- Topic
- Africa
- Commerce
- Slavery
- Trans Atlantic slave trade
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.63.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.