Tin shears
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 pair of large, iron tin shears. The shears are plain and have a rough surface. The shears have elongated square straight shanks and square straight handle grips that are bent sharply downwards. The shanks are crossed at the base with a large screw. The back of the blades are rounded and come to rounded tips. On the bottom of the shears, near the blades, is a painted white rectangle with handwritten black text that reads [R294].
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Skilled 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: 2017.108.24.9
objectType: label: Type
content: ironwork
label: Type
content: shears
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: 25 3/16 × 6 7/8 × 1 3/8 in. (64 × 17.5 × 3.5 cm)