Shackles and key
date: label: Date
content: 1845-1855
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Metal shackle connected by a four link chain to a pair of metal loops. Shackle has a small hole for a key. Key (.2) consists of as thin piece of metal with small loop at end the faces forward. A flat loop is found at the opposite end of the key.
place: label: Place collected
content: Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
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: 2014.312.11.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: keys (hardware)
label: Type
content: shackles
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: Shackles: 2 5/8 × 19 × 8 in. (6.7 × 48.3 × 20.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Key: 1/2 × 3/4 × 8 1/8 in. (1.3 × 1.9 × 20.6 cm)