leatherworking design stamp
leatherworking design stamp
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- Description
- The leatherworking design stamps were another tool donated by the paniolo cowboy Masa Kawamoto. The stamps were a metal tool used by Masa to create decorative designs and impressions into the leather saddles. The decorative impressions on the leather saddles may have served a dual purpose of decoration and increasing traction, which helped the rider stay in place. Earlier forms of the stamps were traditionally handmade out of wood, horn, or bone.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- stamp
- date made
- ca.1940
- place made
- United States: Hawaii, Hawaii
- Associated Place
- Philippines
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 7/8 in x 1 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 9.8298 cm x 2.8448 cm x 1.27 cm
- ID Number
- 2012.0205.08
- accession number
- 2012.0205
- catalog number
- 2012.0205.08
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- Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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