Dipper with wood handle
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1860-1890
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: This is a double spouted dipper with a metal bowl and a wooden handle. The bowl is globe-shaped with double narrow spouts. There is a small shallow dent at the bottom of the bowl. The wood handle is attached to the bowl via a metal plate with metal rivets. The handle's end has a small hole drilled through it. There is a fragment of canvas strap threaded through the hole. An Old Slave Mart label reads "R216."
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
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: 2017.108.20.5
objectType: label: Type
content: dippers (serving utensils)
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 and wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (bowl): 3 3/4 × 8 1/16 × 6 7/8 in. (9.5 × 20.5 × 17.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (handle): 13/16 × 9 1/8 × 13/16 in. (2.1 × 23.2 × 2.1 cm)