P. S. & W. Co. cotton scale beam
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 pea scale, also known as a cotton scale, balance scale, or a steelyard balance. At one end of the scale is a J shaped hook for hanging a sack of cotton. On the other end of the scale are weight measurement markings and notches at the top for holding the weights in place. They scale has twenty notches between each number with deeper notches every four notches. One side of the scale is marked [5], [10], [15], [20], [25], and [30] from left to right. There is also white, hand painted text near the first notch that reads [R505]. Near the J shaped hook is a stamped manufacturer's mark that reads [P.S. & W. Co] The other side is marked [+], [20], [+], [40], [+], [60], [+], [80], [+], [100], [+], and [120] from right to left. There is a round hole near the edge of the notched side of the scale. Close to the J shaped hook are two (2) swivel hanging hooks for suspending the scale and the cotton.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Cotton
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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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: 2017.108.23.63
objectType: label: Type
content: ironwork
label: Type
content: steelyards
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: 8 11/16 × 32 1/16 × 1 3/8 in. (22 × 81.5 × 3.5 cm)