Partial brick
date: label: Date
content: 18th-20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: A solid style, sand cast partial brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and is a reddish brown that is heavily mottled with grayish brown and black discolorations. The brick is missing one header and about half of the other header. One of the brick’s faces has a black burn mark that runs diagonally across the face and along the bottom of one stretcher edge to the intact corner. Half of the other face is covered with a large patch of grayish brown discoloration and white salt efflorescence. One stretcher has a rough texture and is completely discolored from black burn marks. The other stretcher has a smooth surface and is completely covered with dark gray discoloration.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: 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: 2017.108.21.34
objectType: label: Type
content: blocks (shaped masses)
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: brick
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 9/16 × 7 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (6.5 × 19 × 10.5 cm)