- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- iron
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Fully extended): 28 3/8 × 1 11/16 × 11/16 in. (72 × 4.3 × 1.8 cm)
- Description
- This is an iron trammel with its hook. It consists of two attached pieces: a long flat narrow strip of metal with deep notches cut into one side and the long flat rod with a large hook on one end. The notched metal strip has a narrow hole at one end, through which the long hook is threaded. Old Slave Mart Museum numbers are written on the objects that read "R212A" (hook) and "R212B" (trammel points) and "R212C" (loop).
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Topic
- Cooking and dining
- Domestic life
- Labor
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.108.20.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




