Metal boot hooks with wood handles
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1814
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: Two metal boot hooks with wood handles. The metal and wood are dark brown. The handles of the hooks are tapered and curved with the center of the handles wider than the ends. The metal hook is attached through the center of the hook. The ends of the hook are shaped like the letter “J” with the pointed, pyramid shaped tips.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
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: 2017.108.25.10ab
objectType: label: Type
content: hooks (object genre)
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, wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A): 7/8 × 8 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (2.2 × 21 × 9.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (B): 7/8 × 8 × 3 7/8 in. (2.2 × 20.3 × 9.9 cm)