Title
Printing block
Year/Period
19th century
Region
Gujarat, India
Material
Dimension
Object size: 6.9 x 16.7 x 14 cm
Accession No.
2013-00394
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Ratan Parimoo
Wooden block used for printing mordant and resist dye textiles in Gujarat India. Such block printed textiles, known as ajrak, are a staple of the Indian textile industry and have been for well over a thousand years.
