Context (CMS Context)
Artefact collected by John Clarke, through the generosity of the Crowther-Beynon Fund; Used for impressing a seal of family ownership onto a piece of tsampa dough; Collected by: Clarke.John in 1987: One of two wooden seal blocks, ' sadam' . Used for impressing a seal of family ownership onto a piece of tsampa dough. Such home made seals are placed over a length of string tying together a sheaf of barley or wheat at harvest time and thus mark the sheaf as belonging specifically to that family. The custom is still practised
Event Date 11/3/1988
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
One of two wooden seal blocks with carved geometric pattern on one side, on reverse four patterns: 1) flower 2) swastika 3) geometric box within box 4) waved lines; Fair; Whole; Geometric; Flower; Swastika
Event Date 11/3/1988
Author: maa