Date

1912 to 1958

Description

Rectangular wood block with a carved relief of the letter "U". The relief is stained with deep red ink. the stain is fainter on the right side and bottom. The surface of the non-relief surface/ negative space is stained purple-brown and unstained in areas. The old accession number is written on the bottom edge is sharpie. The back is stained with blue ink and orange smudges. The back side must have been part of another block at one point (very possibly 2018.1.12 or maybe even 2018.1.21). There is three lines of letters. The top line spells "LEADING" backwards and the letter "E". The middle line has five letters but two are cut off but could be the letters "Y" and "U". The other three are "TSE". The bottom three letters are cut off and at least four times larger than the other lines of letters (possibly an "I, A and Y". 

Materials

Wood (basswood or pine)

Measurements

60.5 cm L x 46 cm W x 2.1 cm H

Category

Category 8: Communication Objects