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Shackle for use on enslaved people
Shackle for use on enslaved people
Object Number 23-33-50/B3571
Display Title Shackle for use on enslaved people
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wooden shackle, rectangular, middle cut out, small piece of wood projecting out
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date 1923 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 31 x 7 x 5 cm (12 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3571 & Shackle [for enslaved person]
Credit Line Purchase, Harrington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1923
Provenance
Collector William C. Bell (before 1923)

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