Window hook from Charleston, South Carolina
date: label: Date
content: 18th-19th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A nineteenth century iron window hook. The fastener has a round screw hole on one side and with a curved, hooked lock. On the other side is a C-shaped latch. The back of the latch is wide and flat. A white painted rectangle with black, hand painted text on the side near the screw hole reads [R326].
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: 2017.108.23.66
objectType: label: Type
content: ironwork
label: Type
content: hooks (object genre)
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: 6 3/8 × 2 5/8 × 3/8 in. (16.2 × 6.6 × 1 cm)