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cigar box

human history
  • Description

    cigar box

    rectangular wooden box; stencilled lettering; hinged lid; paper lettering and designs on lid, sides, base and interior lid; shields and symbols in red, gold, black with green background and gold borders; paper lining; interior lid has image of Don Francisco E. Fonseca with images of Statue of Liberty and the Morro on either side; gold medals below

    markings:

    stencilled on lid: FONSECA / FABRICA / DE / TABACOS / HABANA

    paper on lid: MADE IN HAVANA

    woodburned on base: MADE IN HAVANA-CUBA

    museum label on side, handwritten on paper: FORAMINIFERA / SAMPLES / FOREIGN / VARIOUS / Mestayer coll.

  • Place
  • Accession Date
    Unknown
  • Other Id

    1995x2.611 (temporary accession number)

  • Department
cigar box, 1995x2.611, Photographed 04 Feb 2020, © Auckland… … Read more

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