Wooden prosthetic leg
date: label: Date
content: 1920s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Wooden prosthetic leg or "peg leg," consisting of four variously shaped pieces of wood connected using metal bolts. Bottom of leg is flat and rectangular. On one side of leg is a long piece of wood that has carved notches at top. On opposite site of leg there is a shorter piece of wood with oval holes drilled at top.
place: label: Cultural Place
content: Georgia, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Folklife
label: Topic
content: Medicine
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
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: 2014.312.292
objectType: label: Type
content: crutches
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 with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 38 3/4 × 7 1/16 × 2 1/2 in. (98.5 × 18 × 6.4 cm)