Cutter mattock
date: label: Date
content: before 1863
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Laurel Hill Plantation, American, founded 1694
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A cutter mattock with a long wooden handle from the Laurel Hill Plantation, South Carolina. The grubbing tool has a head with a combination iron axe blade and an adze, separated by a central eye. The wooden handle is threaded through the eye and has smaller pieces of wood wedged around the shaft. Painted in a small white rectangle at the base of the axe head is hand painted black text that reads [R440]. The shaft handle is split at the top, constructed from a branch, and is roughly squared. There is a small fragment of a paper tag that reads [[---?]T TOX / [---?]GRUB OUT / [---?]OTS / [---?]ile] and a white string that is knotted at each end.
place: label: Place used
content: Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
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: 2017.108.23.10
objectType: label: Type
content: ironwork
label: Type
content: adzes
label: Type
content: axes (tools)
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: 48 13/16 × 14 9/16 × 3 1/8 in. (124 × 37 × 8 cm)