Copper rice tester
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A copper rice tester with a wood handle. The blade of the tester is made of rolled copper forming a hollow tube. It is completely rolled towards the handle but is cut away a short distance from the handle on one side forming a cone. The tip is slightly rounded. Two bolts are near the handle. The handle is round and has round guard. The grip is tapered towards the guard.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Rice farming
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: 2017.108.25.15
objectType: label: Type
content: hand tools
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: copper, wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 3/8 × 17 1/8 × 2 3/8 in. (6 × 43.5 × 6 cm)