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Matches

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

GUSN

GUSN-10613

Description

Bundle of single wooden matches with dipped ends.

Details

Descriptive Terms

matches (fire-making equipment)
wood (plant material)
matches (fire-making equipment)
Wood
Sulpher-dipped
Match

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 3/8 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.501

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