Block, Wood

Block, Wood

Artifact



2015.1.50
Rectangular solid wood block. Front: stained red. The block consists of one large raised curve. Raised section is 45.7cm long in the top left corner and 49cm wide on the curve and then tapers to 43.2cm from the bottom right corner. Both under and above the curve at the lower left and upper right corners are chiseled down, and have some faint "x" marks. Back: solid wood with red and blue paint/ink smudges around the edges,
Wood (basswood or pine)
Length: 101.4 cm; Width: 65.5 cm; Height: 2.1 cm;
Notes: Numbers listed are the maximum measurements in each category. The height measurement refers to the thickness of the wood block. The measurement of the width measures the distance across the block; the length measures from top to bottom and is the longest measurement of the three.
Gift of the Derksen Family