Block for printing textile designs.

Collection type: Object
Description: Block for printing textile designs.
Long description: Block for printing textile designs with four handles made from thin lengths of wood tied together with split cane. The block consists of a four leaf clover-like shape with linear and shape perforations in two quarters and horseshoe shape perforations in two quarter. [SM 13/08/2008]
Geographical reference: Ghana
Africa > Western Africa > Ghana
Person: Field collector Robert Powley Wild; PRM source Robert Powley Wild
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1933
Date collected: 3 July 1933
Acquisition information: Donated: 1933
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Cane Plant, Material Gourd Plant, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Height: max 90 mm approx, Width: max 70 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1933.44.8

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