Museum object · Slavery and Freedom Objects
Leather tool basket
mid 19th-mid 20th century
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A brown leather tool basket. The ellipse-shaped basket has a wooden base, leather sides, and a leather handle. The leather sides are riveted to the wooden base along the bottom edge of the basket. The leather sides are constructed from a single piece of leather that is wrapped around the base and stitched closed along one long side of the basket with a small, interior piece of leather. The leather straps are made from a single piece of leather with a thick handgrip that has been split into four (4) thinner straps that are also riveted to the wooden base.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2017.108.23.56
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