branding iron
date: label: date made
content: ca.1940
notes: label: Description
content: The branding iron was an essential tool for many different cattle ranches. The branding iron consists of a metal rod and a symbol or brand that is heated and placed on the body of an animal to identify what ranch the animal belongs to . This branding iron was donated by the paniolo cowboy Masa Kawamoto who named his ranch the BO ranch. The symbol that is on the branding iron is BO. When the brand is seared into the animal, it shows that the animal belongs to the BO ranch.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Hawaii, Hawaii
label: Associated Place
content: Philippines
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0205.07
label: accession number
content: 2012.0205
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0205.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: branding iron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 49 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 125.73 cm x 12.065 cm x 9.525 cm