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Shackle for use on enslaved people.
Object Number 988-18-50/12438A
Display Title Shackle for use on enslaved people.
Descriptions
Object Description Iron shackle with stanchion, used during the 16th-19th century. Possibly European made.
Inventory Description Iron shackles, metal pole, flat 1 end, ring on other end, 2 hanging iron cuffs.
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cote d'Ivoire / <State> / <County> / Abidjan
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 32.9 x 10 x 5.3 cm (12 15/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 988-18-50/12438A
Credit Line Gift of Christopher B. Steiner, 1988
Provenance
Owner Issa (10/87-8/88)
Collector Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
Donor Christopher B. Steiner

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