Object Details
- Description
- This branding iron was used in the 20th century to brand cattle with the letters "HC." While cattle and other livestock were introduced to Puerto Rico and throughout the Caribbean in the earliest years of Spanish settlement, by the 20th century most land on the island was geared towards a cash crop economy based on sugar cane, coffee, tobacco, and other agricultural products grown for export.
- Description (Spanish)
- Esta marca de hierro se usó en el siglo XX para marcar el ganado con las letras "HC". Si bien el ganado fue introducido en Puerto Rico y el Caribe durante los primeros años de la colonización española, ya para el siglo XX la mayoría de las tierras de la isla se destinaban a cultivos comerciales basados en la caña de azúcar, el café, el tabaco y otros productos agropecuarios sembrados para la exportación.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- 20th century
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.0138
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.0138
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- Object Name
- branding iron
- Physical Description
- iron (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 cm x 9 cm x 28.5 cm; 2 3/4 in x 3 9/16 in x 11 1/4 in
- place made
- Puerto Rico
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Cultures & Communities
- Agriculture
- Vidal
- Title (Spanish)
- Marca de Hierro
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Daily Life
- Record ID
- nmah_601016
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-3527-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
