Ten pound anchor with chain and rope used by oysterman Ira Wright
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1957
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Zurn
label: Owned by
content: Ira Samuel Wright, American, 1902 - 1981
notes: label: Description
content: This is a ten pound anchor with bolt and two rounded flukes. A twenty-four link chain is attached to the anchor and a yellow nylon rope is tied to the end of the chain. The weight is indicated on the anchor on either side of the base. The patent number is transcribed on one of the flukes in a circular configuration around a central star that reads "PAT/ 2019220." On the other fluke is the maker's mark "ZURN" in an oval shape. The anchor, chain and yellow nylon rope show signs of rust staining.
place: label: Place used
content: Wetipquin, Wicomico County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Transportation
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Franklin I. Wright
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.61.1
objectType: label: Type
content: anchors (watercraft equipment)
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 and nylon
label: Dimensions
content: 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (31.8 x 21.6 x 8.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: 41 3/8 × 8 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (105.1 × 21.6 × 8.9 cm)