Brick
date: label: Date
content: 18th-20th century
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 solid style, hand formed brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and its color ranges from reddish brown to grayish brown in color. The brick is roughly textured with significant wear and losses on the surfaces and edges. The grayish brown face has a series of cracks extending from one stretcher edge, and a header edge, extending towards the center of the face, as well as losses at all four corners. There are also some tan and white patches of mortar residue on the face’s surface near the center, a stretcher edge, and one header edge. The other face is reddish brown in color with patches grayish brown and black discolorations. The face also has a diagonal crack that runs from one stretcher edge to the other, losses along the header edge, and a large air bubble at the center. One header has a hook shaped loss on the surface. The other header has a loss at two corners and a crack that runs from one long side to the other.
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: 2017.108.21.31
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: 3 1/8 × 8 11/16 × 4 7/16 in. (8 × 22 × 11.2 cm)