On View
Circulation Gallery
Exhibition
A Century in the Making
Manufactured by
Unidentified
Used by
Clark/Smoot/Russell, A Joint Venture, American, founded 2012
Subject of
National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
Date
2013
Medium
epoxy resin on steel
Dimensions
H x W x D: 12 × 2 7/16 × 2 1/2 in. (30.5 × 6.2 × 6.3 cm)
Diameter: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
Description
A cast off piece of reinforcing bar (also known as reinforcement bar or rebar) used during the construction of the structural wall behind the North History Gallery wall of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). The Imperial Bar Size #18 ("Soft" Metric Size #57) piece of rebar is straight, and roughly tubular-shaped, and is primarily black with reddish iron oxide deposits at each end where the black epoxy coating has degraded and the steel is exposed. There are two thin, raised ribs that run lengthwise on either side of the bar and a herringbone pattern of ten transverse lugs molded in a diagonal slope across the rebar’s surface, running between the ribs. Each end of the bar has been cut off.
Place used
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Type
steelwork
construction equipment
Topic
Architecture
Building Arts
Government
Local and regional
Museums
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Carlos Bustamante
Object number
2023.27
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd544822957-8f82-48df-9787-0d2dd835b468

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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