Rice tester
date: label: Date
content: mid 19th-mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: A metal rice tester with a wooden handle. The rice tester has an elongated blade with semicircular edges and a rounded, sharp edge at the tip. It has a plain wooden handle that tapers slightly outwards from the blade to the back of the handle. The tool has a ferrule, a metal band which encircles the point where the socket is embedded into the handle and holds the blade in place.
place: label: Place used
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Rice farming
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: 2017.108.23.7
objectType: label: Type
content: agricultural 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: iron and wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 14 7/16 × 1 7/16 × 1 7/16 in. (36.6 × 3.7 × 3.7 cm)