Manufactured by
Unidentified
Owned by
Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
Date
before 1863
Medium
paint on terracotta with brick, cement and mortar
Dimensions
H x W x D: 3 7/8 × 24 × 12 in. (9.8 × 61 × 30.5 cm)
Description
A terracotta slab architectural element. The slab is roughly rectangular shaped and is composed of three layers: a black painted, fired, red clay slab face; an aggregate layer of crushed bricks and cement; and a layer of bricks covered with thick grayish-white mortar. A corner of the slab is missing. The mortar surface shows impressions of four missing bricks. The black slab covers most of the second layer but the second layer is partially exposed towards one of the narrow ends of the slab. Black paint drip marks run down one side of the long sides of the slab. Some black paint has flaked off the slab’s surface and there is a small drop of white paint in one corner. The crushed brick layer is composed of a variety of different bricks.
Place used
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Place collected
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Buildings and Structures
Type
slabs (flat objects)
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
2017.108.21.2
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd599dad8c4-bb43-4e68-ac20-3aa6b68376ee

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