Iron cooking pot hook from the Brock Plantation
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A wrought iron cooking pot hook. The artifact has eight holes along its length and a large hook on one end. The other end is bent and flattened with a hole at the end. Another hooked piece of metal runs through this hole allowing the pot hook’s length to be adjusted using the eight holes in the larger piece of metal. The artifact has a pitted surface with spots of corrosion.
place: label: Place used
content: Virginia Beach, Virginia, 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: Foodways
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, Gift of the Brock Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.39.2
objectType: label: Type
content: pothooks
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: iron
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 30 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (77.5 × 3.8 × 6.4 cm)