Museum object · Slavery and Freedom Objects
Wooden seed shovel
1850s
Doerun, Colquitt County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
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 wooden seed shovel. Shovel consists of a round long handle and a slightly curved blade with rounded edges. Shovel of head has wear from use, as well as some cracking in the wood. Shovel's handle is also worn from use.
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Catalog reference: 2014.312.294
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