Block stamp

Museum number:
9-5832
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2491 and Acc.374
Description:
block stamp; wood; square; leaf-shape [illustration] design
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:
width 13 centimeters and length 15 centimeters
Comment:
role in trade: imported; cost 98 cents
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Block stamp, accession number 9-5832, described as block stamp; wood; square; leaf-shape [illustration] designHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Block stamp, accession number 9-5832, described as block stamp; wood; square; leaf-shape [illustration] design
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Block stamp, accession number 9-5832, described as block stamp; wood; square; leaf-shape [illustration] design

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