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 sharp spike at the bottom. The spike is slightly crooked. The top the handle is attached to a sharp, curved hook on one side and is stepped on the back side. The hook tapers at each end and is wide and flat in the center. A white painted rectangle with black, hand painted text on the side of the handle near the hook attachment point reads [R328].
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: 2017.108.23.64
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: 9 1/4 × 13/16 × 5 13/16 in. (23.5 × 2 × 14.7 cm)