Adinkra Stamp Stick
About this object
History of use
Sticks used with adinkra stamps (1774/12-16). Sticks are hammered into the back of the stamps perpendicularly around the edges and angled inward, where they are tied together like a cone. This makes a handle for easier use of the stamp. Stamps are used for printing designs on cloth (e.g., 1774/1). Adinkra is an ideographic communication system. Each sign represents a host of interconnected ideas, more quickly referenced by a phrase or proverb, and there are over 100 signs in common use.
Cultural context
textiles
Physical description
Three sticks tied together with yellow-orange thread. Part a: wooden stick with blunt tip, part b: longest wooden stick with pointed tip, part c: shortest wooden stick with blunt tip, part d: orange thread.
Materials
Date Made
C. 1960
Date Acquired
10 Nov 1998
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
From the Collection of the Late Penny GouldstoneMore...
Measurements
Overall: 1 cm x 10.2 cm
Object Number
1774/17 a-d