Textile stamp

Museum number:
9-21591
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0385 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Textile stamp; 16 squares of alternating elephant or bird designs; prints negative as carved design is sunk resulting in only the surrounding area printing. “India” marked on back of stamp.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Verbatim coll. place:
India and Ceylon
Culture or time period:
Sinhalese
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
textile manufacture
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 12 centimeters and length 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile stamp, accession number 9-21591, described as Textile stamp; 16 squares of alternating elephant or bird designs; prints negative as carved design is sunk resulting in only the surrounding area printing. “India” marked on back of stamp.

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