- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
- Date
- 18th-20th century
- Medium
- brick and cement mortar
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 15/16 × 9 1/16 × 4 3/4 in. (7.5 × 23 × 12 cm)
- Description
- A solid style, ground molded brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and is reddish brown in color with some wear and losses on the surfaces and edges. One of the brick’s faces is covered in thick patches of grayish white mortar with rock and shell fragment inclusions at diagonally opposite corners. The other face of the brick is a darker brownish red with some small deposits of mortar residue on the surface. Both stretcher sides have some small mortar deposits. Each header has a loss at a corner.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Place collected
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Topic
- American South
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Skilled labor
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.108.21.27
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




