Block, Wood
Artifact
2015.1.113
Solid wood rectangular block. Front: stained green. The block has four indented sections, where wood has been removed, with linear grooves and residual green stain, leaving relief lines as borders. Across the bottom edge runs one line 0.8cm wide, where it connects with a vertical line down the right edge 0.9cm wide and 6cm tall. There is a second horizontal line 1.9cm up from the bottom edge. This line also connects with the vertical line on the right and is 1.4cm wide. This line runs for 19cm at a slight up and left diagonal before changing to a down and left diagonal for 12.6cm, forming a peak. 12.6cm from the top left corner is another vertical line 1.5cm wide and 1.7cm long and connects to the peak. 10cm to the right of this line is another vertical line 1.2cm wide and 2.1cm long and connects the up diagonal line. Sides/Back: Plain wood with trace amounts of green stain on the bottom edge and bottom right corner of the back. There is a cut mark on the left and right side on the back.
Wood (basswood or pine)
Length: 32.5 cm;
Width: 6 cm;
Height: 2.2 cm;
Notes: Height measures the thickness of the block, width measures from the top to bottom and length measures the distance across the block from side to side.
Notes: Height measures the thickness of the block, width measures from the top to bottom and length measures the distance across the block from side to side.
Gift of the Derksen Family