Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Description
- Shackles consist of an iron bolt with a pair of loops slid onto it thorugh a hole in each end of the loop. One end of the bar is fixed closed by an integral metal flange large enough to prevent the loops from being removed. The other end of the bar ends in an "eye" and is locked by a large "lock washer" inserted at the time the shackles were applied.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Before 1860
- Object number
- 2008.10.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Type
- shackles
- Medium
- iron
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 1/2 x 9 x 1 1/4 in. (6.4 x 22.9 x 3.2 cm)
- Place made
- Africa
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Africa
- Middle Passage
- Slavery
- Trans Atlantic slave trade
- Violence
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2008.10.4
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5964f8211-4ed9-4291-b9dc-686ae3d6daf0
