Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Raymond Arthur Byrd, American, 1895 - 1926
- Description
- A piece of rope used to bind Raymond Byrd’s hands when he was lynched in Wythe County, Virginia on August 15, 1926. The rope is constructed from twisted twine and has been coiled into a circle. Both ends of the rope are frayed but are held together with single pieces of twine.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of John M. Johnson, Wythe County, VA
- August 15, 1926
- Object number
- 2019.59
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- weapons
- Medium
- natural fiber and twine
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (4.4 × 14 × 9.5 cm)
- Place used
- Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Weapons and Ammunition
- Exhibition
- Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Hate crimes
- Lynching
- Violence
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2019.59
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd564a52c31-d0b9-4743-a9ae-ccfe303a3abc
