Object Details
- Description
- Wrought iron grapple or hook, used to catch or grab an object, usually from a well. Short shaft with four J-shaped hooks, tapered and pointed ends. Loop at top of shaft for hanging, with attached oval loop. No mark. Some rust spots.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Richard E. Ahlborn
- ca 1740-1820
- ID Number
- DL.294082.0013
- catalog number
- 294082.0013
- accession number
- 294082
- Object Name
- hook
- Physical Description
- iron (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/4 in x 4 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 11.7475 cm x 6.35 cm
- place made
- Mexico
- purchased
- Mexico: Guanajuato, Guanajuato
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_318704
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-1c38-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
