Shrub 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.

An iron shrub hook. The tool is J-shaped. It has a narrow, squared metal handle that tapers into a sharp spike at the bottom. The spike is slightly crooked. The top the handle is attached to a sharp, curved hook on one side and is stepped on the back side. The hook tapers at each end and is wide and flat in the center. A white painted rectangle with black, hand painted text on the side of the handle near the hook attachment point reads [R328].

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