Wrought iron collar

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.

This wrought iron collar is formed of two pieces of semicircular iron joined together by two interlocking metal loops. At each end of the two pieces are another two rings. Through these are looped a D-shaped ring attached to a locking mechanism. The outer surface of the two pieces has been incised with a repeating semi-circular design.

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