TEXTILES
India: Andhra Pradesh, Krishna, Machilipatnam
Printing block
1956
Carved (wood)
Shisham wood
5 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (14.7 x 12.1 x 4.5 cm)
Elizabeth Bayley Willis Collection, gift of Virginia and Prentice Bloedel
TC 58.1-632

This wood block has the design of an elephant with mahout (driver) and European riders which is seen in one the pattern rows of the kalamkari rumals [HAGTC Acc. # 58.1-554]. Detailing still evident in the patterning of the block indicate it was not heavily used. -- Label copy for Courtyard Temple Bazaar: Traditions of Textile Expression in India, Bellevue Art Museum, June 12, 1982 to July 25, 1982.