Branding iron with "W" head

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.

Slave branding iron with "W" head. Branding iron is made of metal with "W" head at one end and a loop at the opposite end. Metal is twisted to create spiral-like design at center of brand.

Catalog date

1800s

Recorded places

Doerun, Colquitt County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Commerce; Slavery; Violence

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