Branding iron with "V" head
date: label: Date
content: 1790-1830
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Slave branding iron with "V" head. Branding iron is made of metal, with a wood handle at the end opposite of the "V' head. Wood handle is round and worn.
place: label: Place collected
content: Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Commerce
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, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.9
objectType: label: Type
content: brands
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, wood
label: Dimensions
content: 2 1/2 × 2 × 20 3/8 in. (6.4 × 5.1 × 51.8 cm)