Pair of hand-forged iron wrist shackles
date: label: Date
content: early 18th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Pair of hand-forged iron wrist shackles. The shackles are brown in color. It has two wrist cuffs. Each cuff has an iron loop that can be moved and tightened to secure the shackles. A single iron link joins the two wrist cuffs together.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Violence
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: 2014.251.2
objectType: label: Type
content: shackles
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: 4 5/16 × 9 7/16 × 7/8 in. (11 × 24 × 2.2 cm)