Sfag-Na-Kins - the Sphagnum Moss Sanitary Napkins
Sfag-Na-Kins - the Sphagnum Moss Sanitary Napkins
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sanitary napkins
- feminine hygiene product
- date made
- 1920
- maker
- Sphagnum Moss Products Company
- place made
- United States: Oregon, Portland
- Physical Description
- cardboard box (product; packaging material; production method/technique)
- sphagnum moss (product; inside material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 7/8 in x 7 5/8 in x 3 in; 9.8425 cm x 19.3675 cm x 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-00545.02
- accession number
- 65046
- catalog number
- M-00545.02
- Credit Line
- Dr. Arno Viehoever
- subject
- Women's Health
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feminine Care
- Beauty and Health
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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