Printing block

Museum number:
9-11939
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011939
Accession number:
Acc.2751
Description:
printing block for prayers; wood, carved; both sides inscribed with relief Tibetan characters; dark patina on wood; for printing prayers in Tibetan
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Tibet
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
May 26, 1971
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1972-1973 #91: Southeast Asian Studies Department (UC Berkeley) (May 1, 1973–May 2, 1973) and S1973-1974 #60: Southeast Asian Studies Department (UC Berkeley) (March 1, 1974–March 5, 1974)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Printing block, accession number 9-11939, described as printing block for prayers; wood, carved; both sides inscribed with relief Tibetan characters; dark patina on wood; for printing prayers in TibetanHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Printing block, accession number 9-11939, described as printing block for prayers; wood, carved; both sides inscribed with relief Tibetan characters; dark patina on wood; for printing prayers in Tibetan

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