Stove bucket

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.

This bucket stove consists of an inner container made of a ceramic material and an outer metal shell in the shape of a bucket. It has a thin metal swinging handle made of wire whose ends are looped through flanges attached to the metal sides. At the bottom of one side of the bucket is a rectangular opening in the outer wall. This leads to a small vacant space at the bottom of the bucket, covered over by a thick ceramic layer penetrated with inch-wide holes. The rectangular opening is accessed via a sliding metal panel attached to the side of the bucket by two narrow metal strips.

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