Branding iron with "W" head
date: label: Date
content: 1800s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Slave branding iron with "W" head. Branding iron is made of metal with "W" head at one end and a loop at the opposite end. Metal is twisted to create spiral-like design at center of brand.
place: label: Place collected
content: Doerun, Colquitt County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.8
objectType: label: Type
content: brands
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
label: Dimensions
content: 1 5/8 × 1 × 14 1/4 in. (4.1 × 2.5 × 36.2 cm)