Meat hook
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: An iron meat hook with three hooks. The hook is formed from two pieces of metal. One piece of metal is shaped into two hooks and is looped into an eye at the top. A third hook is soldered to the side of the shank. Painted just below the eye is a white rectangle with handwritten, black painted text that reads [R283].
place: label: Place used
content: Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
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: 2017.108.23.59
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 1/8 × 6 9/16 × 4 1/2 in. (15.5 × 16.6 × 11.5 cm)