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Object Number
39-93-60/6044
Display Title
Wooden printing block
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carving, wood, printing block with Tibetan characters and Naxi pictographs
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
/
Yunnan
Additional Geographic Terms
China, West: Yunnan Province; Gan-Hai-tze; Likiang on the west, near
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 25.3 x 15.4 x 2.9 cm (9 15/16 x 6 1/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-93-60/6044
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1939
Provenance
Collector
Quentin Roosevelt
(1939)
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