- On View
- Segregation Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Byrd, Raymond Arthur, American, 1895 - 1926
- Date
- August 15, 1926
- Medium
- natural fiber and twine
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (4.4 × 14 × 9.5 cm)
- Description
- A piece of rope used to bind Raymond Byrd’s hands when he was lynched in Wythe County, Virginia on August 15, 1926. The rope is constructed from twisted twine and has been coiled into a circle. Both ends of the rope are frayed but are held together with single pieces of twine.
- Place used
- Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Weapons and Ammunition
- Type
- weapons
- Topic
- Hate crimes
- Lynching
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of John M. Johnson, Wythe County, VA
- Object number
- 2019.59
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




