Draw hoe blade fragment from Elizafield Plantation, Glynn County, Georgia
date: label: Date
content: mid 19th-mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Elizafield Plantation, American, founded 1809
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: A fragment of a draw hoe blade from Elizafield Plantation, Glynn County, Georgia. The blade has a thick, rounded, vertical metal eye that sits at the back of the blade. The top edge of the eye slopes slightly diagonally towards the blade. The center of the blade is thick and raised in a wedge shape that extends toward the front of the blade edge. The front edge of the blade is missing. The remaining fragment of the front blade edge is heavily rusted, uneven, and roughly rounded.
place: label: Place used
content: Glynn County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.23.79
objectType: label: Type
content: hoes
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: metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 1/2 × 3 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (6.3 × 9.2 × 19.4 cm)