Flagging Iron
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This nineteenth-century flagging iron was used by a cooper. A flagging iron was used to insert reeds around the head of a barrel to tighten the head and stop any leaks.
label: Description
content: A cooper is a craftsperson who produces wooden casks, barrels, vats, buckets, troughs and other similar containers using timber staves that are heated to make them more pliable.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Hand Tools
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: A. L. Etherton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.327070
label: catalog number
content: 327070
label: accession number
content: 266151
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Iron, Flagging
label: Other Terms
content: Iron, Flagging; Maritime