Grain scoop
date: label: Date
content: mid 19th-mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: A grain scoop, or feed scoop, with a turned wooden handle. The handle extends through a hole in the flat, semi-circular wooden base of the scoop, with its terminus visible on the interior of the scoop. The handle is held in place with a nail driven though the center of the base. The tin of the scoop wraps around the curved sides of the base and held in place with eight (8) rivets. There are three (3) empty rivet holes. The top and bottom of the tin scoop is rusted.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
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
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: 2017.108.23.82
objectType: label: Type
content: scoops (serving utensils)
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: tin, metal and wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 14 15/16 × 8 3/8 × 4 in. (38 × 21.3 × 10.2 cm)