Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spur
Object Number:
Z.1958
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Brass, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 3 x 3/8 in. ( 12.1 x 7.6 x 1 cm )
Description:
Brass arched-band spur with a curved goad fitted with a ball head with a circular disk in the center; buckles on the band ends with a leather strap run through and a metal buckle on the end.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
