Skidding tongs

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 pair of long handled lifting/skidding tongs. The tongs are rounded at the bottom and have two (2) sharp, curved, gripping teeth. The tongs are connected by a center rivet. At the top of the shanks are two (2) round, metal handles. Incised on the shaft above the rivet is the text [XIIX].

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