Gate hook

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 pothook consists of a long metal rod with a hook on one end. The hook at one end has a deep curve at the rounded portion. The opposite end of the rod is bent into a circle. The rod itself has a decorative twist in the metal halfway along its length. It has an Old Slave Mart Museum label with text that reads "R211A." There is a another piece of metal twisted through this circle with an Old Slave Mart label that reads "R211B."

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