Butchering stick
date: label: Date
content: mid 19th-mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: A butchering stick. The medium brown wooden stick is carved from a single piece of wood. It has an elongated, narrow, rounded shaft that tapers to blunt, carved points. At one end of the stick is an embedded flat head nail. A white paper sticker with black handwritten text adhered near the center of the stick reads [BUTCHERING STICK]. A small white accretion is also near the center of the stick.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
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
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: 2017.108.23.8
objectType: label: Type
content: clubs (weapons)
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: 1 5/8 × 22 1/4 × 1 9/16 in. (4.1 × 56.5 × 4 cm)