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, hand molded, partial 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 missing a significant portion from one header side. One of the brick’s faces is nearly whole, missing only a small portion of one corner. The surface is mostly grayish brown with a small area of surface damage near the other header exposing the dark reddish brown below. The center of one of the brick's faces is covered with a layer of grayish white mortar with tiny rock and shell inclusions. The brick’s other face is missing one header side and a portion of a stretcher side. The remaining brick is dark reddish brown with large white patches of white salt efflorescence. The surface of the face has a rough texture and is covered with pits and cracks. The missing header side has been sheared off in a roughly diagonal direction. The sheared off section is jagged and uneven.
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: 2017.108.21.32
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 3/8 × 9 1/16 × 4 5/16 in. (8.5 × 23 × 11 cm)