- 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 7/8 × 9 3/8 × 4 7/16 in. (7.3 × 23.8 × 11.2 cm)
- Description
- A solid style brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and is primarily grayish brown in color. There is a thick layer of mortar covering the entire surface of one of the brick’s faces. The other face has a large patch of thick mortar that covers most of the surface. The exposed brick below is a dark reddish brown. There is a small deposit of bright terracotta red powder near one of the header sides of the brick. One of the stretchers has a small deposit of mortar along a long side near a corner. The other stretcher has two small losses, each along the long edges of the brick. One header has a small deposit of mortar residue at the center. Both stretchers and headers also have heavy deposits of white salt efflorescence.
- 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
- 2017.108.21.38
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




