Shrub hook
date: label: Date
content: 18th-19th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: An iron shrub hook. The tool is J-shaped. It has a narrow, squared metal handle that tapers into a diagonal, squared point at the bottom. The top the handle is molded into a curved hook on one side and has stepped on the back side. The hook tapers at the point. The sides of the hook are molded and concave. The bottom of the hook is curved slightly to one side and is covered in white accretions. A white painted rectangle with black, hand painted text on the side of the handle near the hook attachment point reads [R329].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
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: 2017.108.23.81
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: 5 1/8 × 5/8 × 3 5/8 in. (13 × 1.6 × 9.2 cm)