Rod with plate
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 metal rod attached to a metal plate. The rod is thin, long, and has a rounded shaft. It has threading at the top with nuts capping both sides of the threaded portion. A thin metal wire wraps around the threading and the nut just below the plate. Also below the metal wire and nut is a white painted rectangle with black hand painted text that reads [R651 B]. The metal plate is constructed from a single piece of flat metal with squared edges shaped into two scallops with a flattened, center area in between with a drilled hole. The rod has been threaded through the hole at the center of the plate. Painted on the top of one of the scalloped sides of the plate is a white rectangle with hand painted black text that reads [R651 A].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Building Arts
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: 2017.108.23.77
objectType: label: Type
content: ironwork
label: Type
content: rods
label: Type
content: plate structures
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: Medium
content: iron
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Overall): 11 × 5 3/8 × 1 1/8 in. (28 × 13.6 × 2.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a): 13/16 × 5 3/8 × 1 1/8 in. (2 × 13.6 × 2.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b): 11 × 1/2 × 1/2 in. (28 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm)