Block, Wood

Artifact

Accession Number:
2015.1.130a
Description
Possible Tongue and groove rectangular wood block. Front: Wood stained yellow and is mostly raised except for the carved outline of a boy. The yellow stain is more concentrated on the raised portion and bottom left corner. The carving of the boy occupies the left side of the block a measures 33.7cm long and 15.7cm from the bottom left corner, then narrows to 6cm by his neck and then widens around his face to 12cm and back to 15.7cm at his hair. The boy has been carved out using a circular headed tool. Sides: plain wood with residual yellow stain near the front of the block Back: pieces of paper have been glued to the left side. "Yellow" and another word are written in pencil on the back. ***Board has split about 4cm from the front left corner and 5cm from the back right side. Figure of the boy is therefore on 2 pieces***
Materials
Wood (basswood or pine)
Measurements
35.6 cm L x 27.3 cm W x 2.2 cm H
Marks/Labels
Category
Printing T&E