Block, Wood

Artifact

Accession Number:
2015.1.120a
Description
Solid wood rectangular picture block. Front: stained red. In the top left corner is the relief design of a ferris wheel running 15cm down the left edge and is 6cm at its widest point, and features the outline of 6 1/2 cars. Beneath the ferris wheel is the outline of a ten approximately 7.5cm wide and 11.5cm long. Running across the bottom 4.5cm is the design of a crowd. In the center above the crowd. In the center above the crowd is the outline for an awning. Then, beginning in the bottom right corner above the crowd is the outline of at least (possibly 4) stands in an up and left diagonal for 23cm. In the first stand is a chiseled section 4cm long by 3cm wide. Above that is a raised design of a sign measuring 3.5cm long and 5.5cm wide, written (backwards) within this raised section is "THE BIG SHOW" centered above one another. To the left of the sign is the carved relief of a tiger. Below the tiger and next to the cut out is a 3.5cm by 4.5cm relief with 4 wavy lines inside each about 2cm long. To the left of this is a rectangle measuring 5cm long by 4.5cm tall and lines approximately 0.5cm in width. Inside the lines the rectangle is chiseled out with linear grooves except for a design like an "n" in the middle of the bottom 1.8cm wide by 2cm tall. To the left of this is a squiggle line about 4.5cm tall. Final building is essentially a rectangle with an elongated (vertically) semi-circle both inside and attached on top: rectangle-6.2 by 3cm tall, small semi-circle-2cm wide by 2cm tall (at tallest point), large semi-circle-3cm wide by 3cm tall (tallest point). The edges of these 3 designs have a dotted line. To the left is a final squiggly line 4cm tall, then 4 dots in an up and right diagonal which connect to the bottom left corner of a flag 2cm wide by 1cm tall, with a flag pole 2cm tall. Then there are 6 more dots in the diagonal connecting to a ladder 7cm tall with 8 rungs 1cm wide. From here there are 3 dotted lines extending down and right to the top of the stands Sides: residual stain and label with the previous temporary number in bottom right corner. Back: "T228" is stamped in the upper center portion and a red wavy line from the bottom center.
Materials
Wood (basswood or pine)
Measurements
32.2 cm L x 27.2 cm W x 2.3 cm H
Marks/Labels
;"T228" is stamped on the back
Category
Printing T&E