Stamp

Museum number:
18-894
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4314
Description:
Stamp: rectangular wood stamp used in printing batik fabric; designs include butterflies (?), hash marks, and other geometrical shapes; stamp is handled and shows evidence of ink; handle has two nails in it probably to keep it from cracking off. 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. Stamp 16 cm. at longest point. 13.3 cm. at widest point.
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 18-894, described as Stamp: rectangular wood stamp used in printing batik fabric; designs include butterflies (?), hash marks, and other geometrical shapes; stamp is handled and shows evidence of ink; handle has two nails in it probably to keep it from cracking off. 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. Stamp 16 cm. at longest point. 13.3 cm. at widest point.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Stamp, accession number 18-894, described as Stamp: rectangular wood stamp used in printing batik fabric; designs include butterflies (?), hash marks, and other geometrical shapes; stamp is handled and shows evidence of ink; handle has two nails in it probably to keep it from cracking off. 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. Stamp 16 cm. at longest point. 13.3 cm. at widest point.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stamp, accession number 18-894, described as Stamp: rectangular wood stamp used in printing batik fabric; designs include butterflies (?), hash marks, and other geometrical shapes; stamp is handled and shows evidence of ink; handle has two nails in it probably to keep it from cracking off. 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. Stamp 16 cm. at longest point. 13.3 cm. at widest point.

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