Sad iron

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 sad iron with a metal handle. The iron is triangular in shape with a rounded iron handle attached to the body. The handle has six grooves on the top. The metal is black in color.

Catalog date

ca. 1860

Recorded places

Lena, Hampton County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Domestic life; Labor; Slavery

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