Shutter hook from Charleston, South Carolina
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1856
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A mid-nineteenth century iron shutter hook (or shutter dog) from Charleston, South Carolina. The shutter hook is constructed from two pieces of iron, a decorative scroll plate and a bolt, held together with a screw. The plate is scrolled in opposite directions. The bolt has a rounded shaft and ends in a wide, triangular piece. A white painted rectangle with black, hand painted text on the bottom of the plate near the screw hole reads [R334].
place: label: Place used
content: Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Skilled 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: 2017.108.23.68
objectType: label: Type
content: ironwork
label: Type
content: hooks (object genre)
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: 4 1/8 × 1 5/16 × 3 1/8 in. (10.5 × 3.4 × 7.9 cm)