Iron ball
Dublin Core
Title
Iron ball
Subject
CULTURAL HERITAGE
Description
The iron ball was part of punishment for enslaved people in Barbados. The ball would be fastened to a short chain that was shackled to an enslaved person’s legs. The enslaved person would have to continue labour whilst shackled to the ball, which could weigh from 8 – 10 lbs.
Digitized by Toni-Q Harris during the 2018 BMHS 3D Photogrammetry Summer Intensive
Format
text/plain Alias/WaveFront Object
Type
3D Object
Spatial Coverage
current,13.0833626,-59.6023586;
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Europeana
Europeana Data Provider
Barbados Museum and Historical Society
Object
https://sketchfab.com/models/c4de6203d2d44d00bf266d2235ca2252/embed
Europeana Type
3D
3D Object Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://eu-lac.org/vmwiki/index.php/Iron_ball
DescriptionEN
The iron ball was part of punishment for enslaved people in Barbados. The ball would be fastened to a short chain that was shackled to an enslaved person’s legs. The enslaved person would have to continue labour whilst shackled to the ball, which could weigh from 8 – 10 lbs.
Digitized by Toni-Q Harris during the 2018 BMHS 3D Photogrammetry Summer Intensive
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Citation
“Iron ball,” EU-LAC, accessed August 14, 2026, https://eu-lac.org/omeka/items/show/475.
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