Two-man buck saw
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 two-man buck saw with wooden H-shaped frame. At the top of the frame is a tensioning cord looped around the notches in the saw arms. The cords attach to rods on each side of the saw, and the two rods meet at the center and are threaded through an oval shaped ring with finger grips around the edges. Fitted into mortise holes at the center of the arms are two stretchers. The top stretcher curves slightly upwards and the bottom one curves slightly downwards. The stretchers are connected at the center with a bolt and nut. The saw blade is attached to both arms at the bottom of the frame and has saw plain tooth cutters. One saw arm is longer than the other. The long arm is painted red and there are white accretions on the inside of the handle. A white paper tag attached to a stretcher has hand written black ink text that reads, [BUCK SAW].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Building Arts
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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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: 2017.108.23.12
objectType: label: Type
content: bucksaws
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: paint on wood and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 24 13/16 × 34 15/16 × 1 in. (63 × 88.8 × 2.5 cm)