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Group of printing block carvers holding printing blocks
Group of printing block carvers holding printing blocks
Object Number 35-10-60/16290.1.51
Display Title Group of printing block carvers holding printing blocks
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "35-10 / Tibet / Gift of Harrison Forman / The Explorers Club / New York City / An itinerant group of printing-block / carvers. They get only their keep for / their services. They are very skilled / in this intricate work. They may / spend a few months at a monastery / making a set of printing blocks for / some book and then move on to the / next monastery."
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1934
Artist Mr. Harrison Forman
Culture
  • Tibetan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Tibet
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 8.255 × 10.795 cm (3 1/4 × 4 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. Harrison Forman

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