Object Details
Manufactured by
Unidentified
Description
A cotton scale designed for personal use. There are four hooks at one end, a long, grooved bar with cast-in numbers, and a large, pear-shaped weight at the end of the bar. The metal has a compact, brown-black patina on it - the red paint on the weight has been almost completely lost. There are patches of rust, and the hook attachments are unstable and bent.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Courtesy of Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina
Date
ca. 1900
Object number
2013.170.2
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
steelyards
Medium
iron, paint
Dimensions
Overall with Weight: 11 1/2 × 3 × 32 in., 7 lb. (29.2 × 7.6 × 81.3 cm, 3.2 kg)
Place used
South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Tools and Equipment
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
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Agriculture
American South
Cotton
Labor
Segregation
U.S. History, 1865-1921
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2013.170.2