Indigo stick, ai-bo

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Object Details

Description

Stick of indigo, known in Japanese as ai-bo, pigment used for printing Japanese woodblocks.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of T. Tokuno, Chief of the Japanese Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Insatsukyoku), 1889-90

ID Number

GA.03446

catalog number

03446

accession number

23218

Object Name

pigment

Object Type

colorant

Other Terms

Printmaking

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

Communications

Tokuno Gift

Art

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-50c3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_819340