Blacksmith's Stake
date: label: date made
content: before 1887
notes: label: Description
content: In blacksmithing, stakes are used for shaping metal. They are used in conjunction with other tools like swage blocks, hammers, and tongs. This stake is a metal cylindrical stake with two flattened ends and is part of a set of miniature blacksmith tools labeled Washington, DC, Afro-American.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Blacks
label: Subject
content: African American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Hand Tools
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: R. J. Thompson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.129492B
label: accession number
content: 19636
label: catalog number
content: 129492B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Stake
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 11.43 cm x 4.1275 cm