Slab made of terracotta and bricks
date: label: Date
content: before 1863
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: A terracotta slab architectural element. The slab is roughly rectangular shaped and is composed of three layers: a black painted, fired, red clay slab face; an aggregate layer of crushed bricks and cement; and a layer of bricks covered with thick grayish-white mortar. A corner of the slab is missing. The mortar surface shows impressions of four missing bricks. The black slab covers most of the second layer but the second layer is partially exposed towards one of the narrow ends of the slab. Black paint drip marks run down one side of the long sides of the slab. Some black paint has flaked off the slab’s surface and there is a small drop of white paint in one corner. The crushed brick layer is composed of a variety of different bricks.
place: label: Place used
content: Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Building Arts
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Buildings and Structures
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.21.2
objectType: label: Type
content: slabs (flat objects)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paint on terracotta with brick, cement and mortar
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 7/8 × 24 × 12 in. (9.8 × 61 × 30.5 cm)