Amadon Matches
Amadon Matches
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- matches
- Object Type
- slow-matches
- Other Terms
- Matches; Fire Making Apparatus
- place made
- Germany
- place acquired
- Germany: Berlin, Berlin
- Physical Description
- sulphur (tips material)
- salt petre (tips material)
- aspen or pine (sticks material)
- jute or hemp (strings material)
- Measurements
- overall-tied together: 1/4 in x 11 3/8 in x 1/2 in;.635 cm x 28.8925 cm x 1.27 cm
- ID Number
- DL.376350
- catalog number
- 376350
- accession number
- 136485
- Credit Line
- Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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