Cant hook logging tool
date: label: Date
content: after 1953
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Dixie Logging Tool Company, American, founded 1910
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: A Dixie Logging Tool Company cant hook, or cant dog, with a wooden lever handle and a movable metal duckbill hook with a gripping tooth, or dog, at one end. The hook is bolted to a thick clasp. The clasp is wrapped around the handle and held in place with screws. The cant hook also has a metal extension toe ring. Molded text on the clasp reads [2[---?]/[---?] / 51 on one side and [DIXIE INC W[---?]O[---?]] on the other. Molded text on the on the toe ring reads [DLT CO 63]. The shaft of the handle is rounded.
place: label: Place made
content: Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Labor
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.23.22
objectType: label: Type
content: cant hooks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal and wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 16 15/16 × 20 5/16 × 3 in. (43 × 51.6 × 7.6 cm)