Wooden prosthetic leg

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Wooden prosthetic leg or "peg leg," consisting of four variously shaped pieces of wood connected using metal bolts. Bottom of leg is flat and rectangular. On one side of leg is a long piece of wood that has carved notches at top. On opposite site of leg there is a shorter piece of wood with oval holes drilled at top.

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