Hot shot tongs

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.

Iron hot shot tongs. The tongs have elongated shanks and oval shaped handle rings at the top. The shanks are crossed and attach to each other with a rivet at the bottom of the shanks. The each part of the tongs have three (3) curved prongs ending in squared off points.

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