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.

Iron lifting/skidding tongs. The tongs are rounded and have two (2) sharp, gripping teeth. The shanks have been connected at the base by a center rivet. At the top of the shanks of the tongs are two (2) holes threaded through with thick, oval shaped, metal rings. A third, D shaped, suspension ring is threaded through the oval rings.

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