Copper Punch
date: label: Date
content: late 20th-early 21st Century
name: label: Artist
content: Ira Blount
notes: label: Caption
content: This rectangular copper punch centers four leaves and flowers enclosed within a larger circle. Each of the shiny sheet’s corners contains a heart with a curvilinear design, and a single dotted row forms a border. The evenly-spaced punches and overall symmetry provide unity and cohesion to this contemporary example of the traditional American form made by artist Ira Blount (1918-2020).
label: Caption
content: After moving to Washington, DC following World War II, Ira Blount mastered dozens of artisanal crafts. His love for crafting, learning, and community engagement would endure over the course of his long life and career.
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Cite As
content: Gift of Ira Blount
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2011.0004.0112
objectType: label: Type
content: tin punch
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: copper plate
label: Dimensions
content: 10 1/2 × 15 1/2 × 9/16 in. (26.7 × 39.4 × 1.4 cm)