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, ground molded brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and is grayish brown in color with heavy wear and losses on the surfaces and edges. One header has losses at all four corners. One brick face has coat of grayish-white mortar with a loss of mortar extending diagonally from one corner to the other, down the middle of the face. Two thirds of the other face is also covered with mortar with one header end exposed. The exposed brick is roughly textured. There is a jagged vertical crack running vertically along one stretcher side of the brick.
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: 2017.108.21.22
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 and cement mortar
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 3/4 × 9 1/4 × 4 1/8 in. (7 × 23.5 × 10.5 cm)