Printing block
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Small block of carved wood shot through lengthwise with 5 large holes. Design of an elephant with howdah (carriage) is made by small squares dug out of the surface of the wood for reserve printing. A large round hole for elephant's eye, another for a jewel in the howdah and a circular pattern of holes for the sun pierce through to the lengthwise tunnels in the wood. Remains of red dye or wax on sides of block and in the round holes.
place: label: made in
content: Rajasthan, India
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-123-8
objectType: label: Type
content: appliances & tools
label: Type
content: Printing block
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wood Technique: carved
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6.5 x 7.7 x 8.4 cm (2 9/16 x 3 1/16 x 3 5/16 in.)