Cotton scale used in South Carolina
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1900
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A cotton scale designed for personal use. There are four hooks at one end, a long, grooved bar with cast-in numbers, and a large, pear-shaped weight at the end of the bar. The metal has a compact, brown-black patina on it - the red paint on the weight has been almost completely lost. There are patches of rust, and the hook attachments are unstable and bent.
place: label: Place used
content: South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Cotton
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
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: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Courtesy of Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.170.2
objectType: label: Type
content: steelyards
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, paint
label: Dimensions
content: Overall with Weight: 11 1/2 × 3 × 32 in., 7 lb. (29.2 × 7.6 × 81.3 cm, 3.2 kg)