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Hearst Museum object titled Fan, accession number 18-1241, described as Fan: buffalo hide fan with horn handle; painted with pink, white and gold on both sides hide has decorations punched out as well as painted on; decorations are flowers, clouds and wayang figure; handle is dark brown horn, pronged and split to hold hide which is also tied in with string in four places; handle cracked at bottom. Tourist item purchased in Holland in 1960. Length 30.3 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Stamp, accession number 18-1123, described as Stamp: rectangular wooden stamp used in printing batik fabric; designs are wavy circles, some are broken; stamp is handled; number 11 in white paint on handle; red ink on handle and designs. Stamp used to make batik fabrics inexpensively. Some stamps used copper strips set into block to make designs; this one shows no evidence of having been used with copper. Length 15.3 cm. Width 10.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Stamp, accession number 18-1470, described as Stamp; trapezoidal, carved wooden stamp, used in printing batik fabric; designs are flowers with wavy petals; white and red ink stains on bottom and top of stamp; no handle; back mainly stained with red ink. 17 cm longest point x 14.3 cm widest point.

Hearst Museum object titled Stamp, accession number 18-894, described as Stamp: rectangular wood stamp used in printing batik fabric; designs include butterflies (?), hash marks, and other geometrical shapes; stamp is handled and shows evidence of ink; handle has two nails in it probably to keep it from cracking off. Stamp used to make batik fabrics inexpensively. Some stamps used copper strips set into block to make designs; this one shows no evidence of having been used with copper. Stamp 16 cm. at longest point. 13.3 cm. at widest point.