Block, Wood

Artifact

Accession Number:
2015.1.189
Description
*Text Block* Tongue and groove joined wood block. It would be a rectangle except for the 3 cutouts and the very jagged bottom side. The first is an 11.8cm wide by 8.0cm tall rectangle that begins 12.3cm from the right side. The second is a 8cm wide by 2.2cm tall rectangle that begins at the end of the first cutout (frontview). The top edge is gone once the first rectangle begins, and the left edge is gone to the bottom of the 2nd rectangle. The third cutout is a 21cm wide by 6.2cm tall rectangle that begins at the left edge, 4cm from the bottom edge. The right side of the bottom side is flat; it becomes jagged in the left half where it juts out in the middle. Front: Stained dark blue. Mostly recessed except for a few relief pieces that outline the word "fair" across the middle. It is in all lowercase letters. The word is 29.6cm across. All the letters are 8.5cm tall, except for "f" which is 27cm tall. "f" is 4.2cm wide, "a" is 9cm wide, and "i" is 3.5cm wide. There is a 13cm long relief line on the bottom in a down-left diagonal. Sides: There is a label on the top side with the previous temporary number written on it. There are incisions at each inside corner of each cutout, as well as 2 on the bottom side. However, they can't be measured because of the paper glued all over the surface of the back. The incisions on the bottom side are 14.5cm apart.
Materials
Wood (basswood or pine)
Measurements
35.4 cm L x 32.1 cm W x 2 cm H
Marks/Labels
Category
Printing T&E