Indigo stick, ai-bo

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Description
Stick of indigo, known in Japanese as ai-bo, pigment used for printing Japanese woodblocks.
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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Record ID
nmah_819340
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-50c3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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