Rope used in the lynching of Raymond Byrd
date: label: Date
content: August 15, 1926
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Raymond Arthur Byrd, American, 1895 - 1926
notes: label: Description
content: A piece of rope used to bind Raymond Byrd’s hands when he was lynched in Wythe County, Virginia on August 15, 1926. The rope is constructed from twisted twine and has been coiled into a circle. Both ends of the rope are frayed but are held together with single pieces of twine.
place: label: Place used
content: Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: Lynching
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Weapons and Ammunition
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, Gift of John M. Johnson, Wythe County, VA
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.59
objectType: label: Type
content: weapons
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: natural fiber and twine
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (4.4 × 14 × 9.5 cm)