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 brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and is primarily grayish brown in color. There is a thick layer of mortar covering the entire surface of one of the brick’s faces. The other face has a large patch of thick mortar that covers most of the surface. The exposed brick below is a dark reddish brown. There is a small deposit of bright terracotta red powder near one of the header sides of the brick. One of the stretchers has a small deposit of mortar along a long side near a corner. The other stretcher has two small losses, each along the long edges of the brick. One header has a small deposit of mortar residue at the center. Both stretchers and headers also have heavy deposits of white salt efflorescence.
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: 2017.108.21.38
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 7/8 × 9 3/8 × 4 7/16 in. (7.3 × 23.8 × 11.2 cm)