Tin shears

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.

A pair of large, iron tin shears. The shears are plain and have a rough surface. The shears have elongated square straight shanks and square straight handle grips that are bent sharply downwards. The shanks are crossed at the base with a large screw. The back of the blades are rounded and come to rounded tips. On the bottom of the shears, near the blades, is a painted white rectangle with handwritten black text that reads [R294].

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