Skidding tongs
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: Iron lifting/skidding tongs. The tongs are rounded and have two (2) sharp, gripping teeth. The shanks have been connected at the base by a center rivet. At the top of the shanks of the tongs are two (2) holes threaded through with thick, oval shaped, metal rings. A third, D shaped, suspension ring is threaded through the oval rings.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
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: 2017.108.24.7
objectType: label: Type
content: pickup tongs
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: 21 5/8 × 12 3/16 × 3 15/16 in. (55 × 31 × 10 cm)