Stamp

Museum number:
18-1123
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4314
Description:
Stamp: rectangular wooden stamp used in printing batik fabric; designs are wavy circles, some are broken; stamp is handled; number 11 in white paint on handle; red ink on handle and designs. Stamp used to make batik fabrics inexpensively. Some stamps used copper strips set into block to make designs; this one shows no evidence of having been used with copper. Length 15.3 cm. Width 10.5 cm.
Donor:
Elizabeth Oppenheim
Collection place:
Java, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Javanese
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
March 30, 1988
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Stamp, accession number 18-1123, described as Stamp: rectangular wooden stamp used in printing batik fabric; designs are wavy circles, some are broken; stamp is handled; number 11 in white paint on handle; red ink on handle and designs. Stamp used to make batik fabrics inexpensively. Some stamps used copper strips set into block to make designs; this one shows no evidence of having been used with copper. Length 15.3 cm. Width 10.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Stamp, accession number 18-1123, described as Stamp: rectangular wooden stamp used in printing batik fabric; designs are wavy circles, some are broken; stamp is handled; number 11 in white paint on handle; red ink on handle and designs. Stamp used to make batik fabrics inexpensively. Some stamps used copper strips set into block to make designs; this one shows no evidence of having been used with copper. Length 15.3 cm. Width 10.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stamp, accession number 18-1123, described as Stamp: rectangular wooden stamp used in printing batik fabric; designs are wavy circles, some are broken; stamp is handled; number 11 in white paint on handle; red ink on handle and designs. Stamp used to make batik fabrics inexpensively. Some stamps used copper strips set into block to make designs; this one shows no evidence of having been used with copper. Length 15.3 cm. Width 10.5 cm.

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