Iron shackles
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Iron shackles or handcuffs that are locked together. The shackles are composed of two iron circles each with a flat top for opening and closing the cuffs. The metal has rusted together so they can no longer be opened. The bottom of the circle has a half circle extension with a hole in the center that each is attached to two iron circles. The iron circles are connected by a solid rectangular piece of iron.
place: label: Place collected
content: Shenandoah Valley, Carroll County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family 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 the Liljenquist Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.105.2
objectType: label: Type
content: handcuffs
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: 1 3/4 × 5 1/8 × 4 5/16 in. (4.5 × 13 × 11 cm)