Printing Block

29-96-813A

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-96-813A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan
Provenience Tibet
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Description

Wooden strip with a small hole drilled in one end and 12 spirit figures carved in intaglio on one side. The 12 figures are fish, human, half-human and half-animal forms. The printing block and figures are similar in shape and function to a zan par, a dough mold used to make images (glud) for rituals.

Height 1.3 cm
Length 34.3 cm
Width 3.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 15 - Sommerville Number

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