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