Axe
date: label: Date
content: 1820-1850
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A long handcarved wooden handle with metal flat axe head, used as a potato axe. Handle is a lighter wood, that tapers to a point at the end opposite the axe head. Metal head, uneven surface texture, resembling a propeller, has a hole on one end that the wooden handle sticks through. Top of wooden handle that goes through metal head is painted to match metal on top. Metal handle comes off side with a flat head, rectangular with rounded edges (like a fan blade).
place: label: Place collected
content: Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
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, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.14
objectType: label: Type
content: axes (tools)
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: wood, metal
label: Dimensions
content: 67 3/4 × 3 × 11 in. (172.1 × 7.6 × 27.9 cm)