Block stamp

Museum number:
9-5831
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2491 and Acc.374
Description:
block stamp, wood; rectangular; rows of dots connected by parallel diagonal lines; bordered by bands w/arrow-like designs [illustration]
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
Asia; India unspec.
Collector:
Cost Plus Imports
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1909 and 1969
Context of use:
for making hand-printed cotton cloth
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 9.5 centimeters and width 14 centimeters
Comment:
role in trade; imported, 0.98 cents
Loans:
S1974-1975 #84: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Larry Michalak (April 4, 1975–April 11, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Block stamp, accession number 9-5831, described as block stamp, wood; rectangular; rows of dots connected by parallel diagonal lines; bordered by bands w/arrow-like designs [illustration]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Block stamp, accession number 9-5831, described as block stamp, wood; rectangular; rows of dots connected by parallel diagonal lines; bordered by bands w/arrow-like designs [illustration]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Block stamp, accession number 9-5831, described as block stamp, wood; rectangular; rows of dots connected by parallel diagonal lines; bordered by bands w/arrow-like designs [illustration]

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