Barbed Punishment Collar for Enslaved African Americans

Lot 218

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American History, Featuring the Property of N. Flayderman & Co. by Cowan's Auctions

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Lot Description

Blacksmith made, of hand-forged iron, with hinged opening and opposing hand-forged locking device. Collar 1.25 in. high, with 6 in. diameter opening, having four barbed spikes, 32.5 in. from end to end. The consignor relates that this collar was purchased in 1982 from the collection of Bernard Gilliam of Johnson City, TN, who acquired the item from a Charleston, SC collector in the 1950s.

A spiked punishment collar of a different design is illustrated in the famous carte de visite of the Louisiana slave Wilson Chinn issued during the Civil War, and used to inflame Northern sensibilities. An identical collar can be seen in a Civil War-era illustration from an unspecified source, available for viewing on the website of the New York Public Library, residing in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. A remarkable artifact.
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