Embossing tool

Museum number:
18-1626
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180001626
Accession number:
Acc.4473
Description:
Embossing tool, brass; flat, rectangular; floral design in high relief; used to make belt/bracelet links. Thin sheet silver is applied over the boss and worked to produce the boss pattern from the back side of the link.
Donor:
Francis E. Ward and Margaret A. Ward
Collection place:
Malaysia
Culture or time period:
Malaysian
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Embossing tool, accession number 18-1626, described as Embossing tool, brass; flat, rectangular; floral design in high relief; used to make belt/bracelet links. Thin sheet silver is applied over the boss and worked to produce the boss pattern from the back side of the link.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Embossing tool, accession number 18-1626, described as Embossing tool, brass; flat, rectangular; floral design in high relief; used to make belt/bracelet links. Thin sheet silver is applied over the boss and worked to produce the boss pattern from the back side of the link.

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