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 1/4 × 4 1/2 in. (7.5 × 23.5 × 11.5 cm)
Description
A solid style, ground molded brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and dark reddish brown mottled with grayish brown discolorations. There is some wear and losses of the brick’s surfaces and edges. One of the brick’s faces has rounded, smooth corners, a diagonal surface loss at one corner, and a patch of grayish white mortar residue along one header edge. The surface is covered with irregular grayish brown discolorations. The other face is a brighter reddish brown with some small patches of salt efflorescence at the center and along one stretcher edge. It also has a burn mark at one corner. The surface is pitted with air bubbles and has a rough texture. One stretcher has a large burn mark at the center. Half of the brick along the long edge is covered with grayish brown discolorations. The other stretcher is reddish brown with a small patch of salt efflorescence at one corner. One of the brick’s headers has a crack running across the center of the long edge that extends from a square shaped loss at one corner. There is a large air bubble at the corner opposite the crack, and a patch of mortar residue diagonally opposite from the air bubble. The other header has patches of mortar residue and salt efflorescence covering two thirds of the surface.
Place used
United States, North and Central America
Place collected
United States, North and Central America
Classification
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Buildings and Structures
Type
blocks (shaped masses)
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
2017.108.21.35
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd523673bf5-f209-4fb3-b741-fc424bd0b73a

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