Bell from the Holloway Plantation
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
label: Owned by
content: Fannie B. Powers Holloway, American, 1878 - 1970
notes: label: Description
content: A square, metal cowbell with a metal clapper and handle. The clapper is connected to the inside of the bell with a metal rod. The bell was made by an unidentified enslaved person and used on the Holloway Plantation in the Port Royal area of Virginia.
place: label: Cultural Place
content: Carroline County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: 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
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: 2017.108.25.2
objectType: label: Type
content: cowbells
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: H x W x D: 4 7/16 × 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 in. (11.2 × 8.2 × 6.5 cm)