Branding Iron with an "S" Shaped Head, Close Up

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Content type	Content type Image
Collection(s)	Collection(s) Encyclopedia Virginia
Title	Title Title Branding Iron with an "S" Shaped Head, Close Up
Resource Type	Resource Type Image
Description	Description This is a close up on the “S” shaped head of a slave branding iron found in Georgia.
Persons	Persons Creator (cre): Unknown
Genre	Genre Iron and wood
Subject	Subject slave punishments
Geographic Subject	Geographic Subject Georgia
Origin Information	Origin Information Publisher Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
Note	Note Note Type date/sequential designation Note 1800s Note Type creation/production credits Note Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
URL	URL https://collections.si.edu/search/record/ark:/65665/fd5c893650eefe3482c8569b9e5…
Restriction on Access	Restriction on Access Open