Mule snubber

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 mule snubber with a handle and an elongated horseshoe-shaped snubber attachment. The handle and snubber have been formed from two (2) pieces of flat metal with squared edges that has been bent to form the sides of the snubber and are welded together to form the handle. The top ends of the snubber are curled outwards into small swirls. There are two evenly spaced, rounded crossbars threaded through four (4) holes along the sides of the snubber and held in place with flat head nails. There are two (2) drilled holes on each side of the snubber above each crossbar. Near the base of the handle is a white painted rectangle with black, hand painted text that reads [R217].

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