- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- iron
- iron
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Overall): 11 × 5 3/8 × 1 1/8 in. (28 × 13.6 × 2.8 cm)
- H x W x D (a): 13/16 × 5 3/8 × 1 1/8 in. (2 × 13.6 × 2.8 cm)
- H x W x D (b): 11 × 1/2 × 1/2 in. (28 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm)
- Description
- A metal rod attached to a metal plate. The rod is thin, long, and has a rounded shaft. It has threading at the top with nuts capping both sides of the threaded portion. A thin metal wire wraps around the threading and the nut just below the plate. Also below the metal wire and nut is a white painted rectangle with black hand painted text that reads [R651 B]. The metal plate is constructed from a single piece of flat metal with squared edges shaped into two scallops with a flattened, center area in between with a drilled hole. The rod has been threaded through the hole at the center of the plate. Painted on the top of one of the scalloped sides of the plate is a white rectangle with hand painted black text that reads [R651 A].
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- ironwork
- rods
- plate structures
- Topic
- Building Arts
- Labor
- Skilled labor
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.108.23.77
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




