Block, Wood

Artifact

Accession Number:
2015.1.120c
Description
Rectangular wood picture block. Front: stained dark blue with intricate designs of a fair scene casrved in relief into the bottom half. There is a large semi-circle 32.0cm wide and 18.3cm long(tall) that is chiseled out of the top half. There are about 11 silhouettes of peoples' heads carved out of the bottom edge. Above them on the left side is a merry-go-round 10.6cm wide and 6.5cm tall. There are 9 carved rectangles around the sides of the merry-go-round. The top is just a carved out cone. Above this along the left side is the side of a ferris wheel. There are 6 cars hanging in the air on the wheel. To the right of the merry-go-round is a 6.5cm long shape that is 1.7cm wide chiseled out of the wood. It has 2 curves in the top side and a bumpy bottom side. Going back up, to the right of the ferris wheel is a 0.4cm wide by 3.6cm long rectangle carved out with a 0.3cm wide border around it. The area right outside this border is engraved making a second border. 7.0cm away (at a slight downward diagonal) there is the same rectangle with 2 borders. In between these rectangles is a tent with a rectangle bottom and a curved top with a flag out of the top. The rectangle bottom is 2.4cm tall, and the curve is 3.8cm tall. There is a door at the bottom of the rectangle 1.5 by 2.0. There is a 5.0cm tall ladder on top of the tent with 5 rungs. To the right of this tent and the carved out rectangles is a rectangle stand-like carving 4.5cm wide and about 3.2cm tall (it is on a downward diagonal). There is a 1.4cm wide by 2.3cm tall door in the middle of it. There are intricate designs carved in the borders of the stand. Continuing on to the right, there are 2 4.0cm wide by 8.0cm banners. The first has a 3.5cm wide by 4.6cm tall tiger carved into the wood. There are 2 flags at the top sides of this banner. The second banner has nothing carved into it, but there is a man carved into the bottom of it. He is 4.4cm tall and has a 1.0cm tall dog standing beside him. Sides: the label is on the top side with the previous temporary number written on it. Back: there is a strip of masking tape in the top right corner with "DAG 309" written on it in red ink
Materials
Wood (basswood or pine)
Measurements
41.7 cm L x 32 cm W x 2.3 cm H
Marks/Labels
;"T228" is stamped on the back in purple ink
Category
Printing T&E