Object Details
- Description
- A piece of rope used to bind Raymond Byrd’s hands when he was lynched in Wythe County, Virginia on August 15, 1926. The rope is constructed from twisted twine and has been coiled into a circle. Both ends of the rope are frayed but are held together with single pieces of twine.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Raymond Arthur Byrd, American, 1895 - 1926
- Date
- August 15, 1926
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of John M. Johnson, Wythe County, VA
- Medium
- natural fiber and twine
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (4.4 × 14 × 9.5 cm)
- Type
- weapons
