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 a dark reddish brown. On one of the brick’s faces are small patches of grayish white mortar residue along the stretcher and header sides. There are also light green paint deposits near one header end and at the center of the face. Roughly half of the other face is covered in a layer of mortar with visible shell inclusions. The mortar diagonally divides the surface of the brick. There is also a diagonal molding mark on the exposed brick, a semicircular loss at the center of the stretcher side, and two damaged corners. One of the stretchers has a significant semicircular loss at the middle. Half of the stretcher is covered with mortar as well as one of the long stretcher edges. The other stretcher has a loss at one corner, a small T-shaped deport of mortar, and a green paint deposit near another corner. One of the headers has four light green paint deposits.
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
2017.108.21.37
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b659686d-ff8c-45e3-810b-41dc68dfa848

Cataloging is an ongoing process and we may update this record as we conduct additional research and review. If you have more information about this object, please contact us at NMAAHCDigiTeam@si.edu

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