Block, Wood
Artefact
2015.1.194b
*Text/Filler block* Rectangular tongue and groove wood block. Block 2 in a 3 block (blue, orange and yellow) series. Front: Stained orange--mostly relief wood block with linear grooved recessed text along the bottom. Text reads "HELL DRIVERS" and covers an area 31cm wide by 6.1cm long. Text is 1.4cm above the bottom edge, 0.9cm from the left edge and 1cm from the right edge. Sides: Residual orange stain near the front edges. Dark ink stain stains in the wood grain. 2cm mark of green stain in the center of the bottom edge. Back: Plain wood with ink stains in the wood grain and "orange" handwritten in pencil across the center. Almost a washboard ridged pattern of ink stains.
Wood (basswood or pine)
Longueur: 17.8 cm;
Largeur: 32.9 cm;
Hauteur: 2.3 cm;
Notes: Height refers to the thickness of the block; width measures horizontally, and length measures vertically.
Notes: Height refers to the thickness of the block; width measures horizontally, and length measures vertically.
"Orange" has been handwritten in the back center in pencil.
Gift of the Derksen Family