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Accession numbers:
2001.253 – 262 Inventory numbers: EB
01 – 10
Description / Inventory
of a Collection of
Textile Printing Blocks
Collected in Kabul and the Area of Khost
Presented for Repatriation to
the
Afghanistan-Museum in Exile
by
Mrs. Edda Braun, Berlin
EB
01–10
Type of object: Applied
decoration
Accession
number: 2001.253 Inventory
number: EB 01
Object: Printing
block
Material/technique: Wood,
metal / hand-carved
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Solid
incised wood block, with wide handle on reverse side running full
length of block. Stylized fish-shaped boteh
design. Ring-screw added recently at top of handle.
Measurements: L.
15.5 cm W. 10 cm H. 4 cm Weight 240 g
Condition: Very
worn, some parts broken off, crack repaired with two small metal
strips
Provenance:
Bought in Afghanistan.
Donated by: Mrs.
Edda Braun, Berlin, 2001
Photograph:
Type of object: Applied
decoration
Accession
number: 2001.254 Inventory
number: EB 02
Object: Printing
block
Material/technique: Wood
/ hand-carved
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Solid
incised wood block, no handle on reverse side. Floral and leaf design
with three 6-petalled flowers.
Measurements: L.
12.5 cm W. 12 cm H. 2.5 cm Weight 170 g
Condition: Worn
Provenance:
Bought in Afghanistan.
Donated by: Mrs.
Edda Braun, Berlin, 2001
Photograph:
Type of object: Applied
decoration
Accession
number: 2001.255 Inventory
number: EB 03
Object: Printing
block
Material/technique: Wood
/ hand-carved
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Small,
round incised wood block, handle running full-length along reverse
side. Floral design with scalloped outline. Ring-screw added recently
to top of handle.
Measurements: Dia.
7 cm H. 5 cm Weight 80 g
Condition: Very
worn
Provenance:
Bought in Afghanistan.
Donated by: Mrs.
Edda Braun, Berlin, 2001
Photograph:
Type of object: Applied
decoration
Accession
number: 2001.256 Inventory
number: EB 04
Object: Printing
block
Material/technique: Wood
/ hand-carved
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Solid
oblong incised wood block, with handle running full-length along
reverse side. Repeated angular floral pattern with upper and lower
borders of running leaf design. Ring-screw added recently to top of
handle.
Measurements: L.
15.5 cm W. 7.5 cm H. 5.5 cm Weight 340 g
Condition: Good,
small nick on one edge
Provenance:
Bought in Afghanistan.
Donated by: Mrs.
Edda Braun, Berlin, 2001
Photograph:
Type of object: Applied
decoration
Accession
number: 2001.257 Inventory
number: EB 05
Object: Printing
block
Material/technique: Wood
/ hand-carved
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Solid
oblong incised wood block, with handle running full-length of reverse
side. Ornate stylized floral and leaf border design. Additional layer
of wood nailed onto handle, ring-screw added to top of handle.
Measurements: L.
14.5 cm W. 9 cm H. 7 cm Weight 420 g
Condition: Good
Provenance:
Bought in Afghanistan.
Donated by:: Mrs.
Edda Braun, Berlin, 2001
Photograph:
Type of object: Applied
decoration
Accession
number: 2001.258 Inventory
number: EB 06
Object: Printing
block
Material/technique: Wood
/ hand-carved
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Square
incised wood block, with handle running full-length of reverse side.
Six round holes running through from one side to the other of print
block. Six vertical rows of four rectangles containing alternating
abstract designs. Additional layer of wood nailed onto handle,
ring-screw added to top of handle. Number 661 or 199 in white paint
at one end.
Measurements: L.
16 cm W. 14 cm H. 6.5 Weight 570 g
Condition: Good,
small crack and nick
Provenance:
Bought in Afghanistan.
Donated by: Mrs.
Edda Braun, Berlin, 2001
Photograph:
Type of object: Applied
decoration
Accession
number: 2001.259 Inventory
number: EB 07
Object: Printing
block
Material/technique: Wood
/ hand-carved
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Incised
wood block, with handle running full-length of reverse side. Two
ornate floral motifs surrounded by small curled designs. Two
additional layers of wood nailed onto handle, ring-screw added to top
of handle.
Measurements: L.
15.5 cm W. 14.5 cm H. 7 cm Weight 520 g
Condition: Good
Provenance: Bought
in Afghanistan.
Donated by: Mrs.
Edda Braun, Berlin, 2001
Photograph:
Type of object: Applied
decoration
Accession
number: 2001.260 Inventory
number: EB 08
Object: Printing
block
Material/technique: Wood
/ hand-carved
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Incised
wood block, with separately added handle running full-length of
reserve side. Ornate design of stylized floral and leaf patterns
enclosed in scalloped bands of dotted squares. At top three smaller
bunches of flowers amid scrolled motifs. Ring-screw added to top of
handle.
Measurements: L.
16.5 cm W. 11.5 cm H. 5.5 cm Weight 370 g
Condition: Good
Provenance:
Bought in Afghanistan.
Donated by: Mrs.
Edda Braun, Berlin, 2001
Photograph:
Type of object: Applied
decoration
Accession
number: 2001.261 Inventory
number: EB 09
Object: Printing
block
Material/technique: Wood
/ hand-carved
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Solid
square incised wood block, with handle running full-length of reverse
side. Stylized floral and leaf motifs with two botehs.
Ring-screw added to top of handle.
Measurements: L.
13.5 cm W. 13.5 cm H. 4.5 cm Weight 450 g
Condition: Good
Provenance:
Bought in Afghanistan.
Donated by: Mrs.
Edda Braun, Berlin, July 2001
Photograph:
Type of object: Applied
decoration
Accession
number: 2001.262 Inventory
number: EB 10
Object: Printing
block
Material/technique: Wood
/ hand-carved
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Solid
square incised wood block, with handle running full-length of reverse
side. Single stylized circular floral motif enclosed in diagonal
square of thin double lines. Small leaf design in all four corners.
Ring-screw added to top of handle.
Measurements: L.
13 cm W. 12.5 cm H. 5 Weight 420 g
Condition: Very
worn
Provenance:
Bought in Afghanistan.
Donated by:: Mrs.
Edda Braun, Berlin, 2001
Photograph:
Copyright
© Stiftung Foundation Bibliotheca Afghanica - Afghanistan
Museum / Text: Carla Grissmann / Photo: Friedel Ammann, 2003
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