Stamp

Museum number:
18-1470
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4314
Description:
Stamp; trapezoidal, carved wooden stamp, used in printing batik fabric; designs are flowers with wavy petals; white and red ink stains on bottom and top of stamp; no handle; back mainly stained with red ink. 17 cm longest point x 14.3 cm widest point.
Donor:
Elizabeth Oppenheim
Collection place:
Java, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Javanese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
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 18-1470, described as Stamp; trapezoidal, carved wooden stamp, used in printing batik fabric; designs are flowers with wavy petals; white and red ink stains on bottom and top of stamp; no handle; back mainly stained with red ink. 17 cm longest point x 14.3 cm widest point.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Stamp, accession number 18-1470, described as Stamp; trapezoidal, carved wooden stamp, used in printing batik fabric; designs are flowers with wavy petals; white and red ink stains on bottom and top of stamp; no handle; back mainly stained with red ink. 17 cm longest point x 14.3 cm widest point.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stamp, accession number 18-1470, described as Stamp; trapezoidal, carved wooden stamp, used in printing batik fabric; designs are flowers with wavy petals; white and red ink stains on bottom and top of stamp; no handle; back mainly stained with red ink. 17 cm longest point x 14.3 cm widest point.

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