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Description (Brief):

Cigar cutter consisting of scissor handles and a blade covered by a celluloid plate. The plate is decorated with images of a fly and a ladybug and has a hole in the center to insert the cigar end for clipping.

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Smoking

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2006.0098.1304Accession Number: 2006.0098Catalog Number: 2006.0098.1304

Object Name: cigar cutter

Physical Description: metal (hanlde and blade material)cellulose nitrate (plate material)Measurements: overall: .5 cm x 4.5 cm x 6 cm; 3/16 in x 1 3/4 in x 2 3/8 inoverall: 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; .635 cm x 4.445 cm x 6.35 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-5ac0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1336118

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