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box, match

human history
  • Description

    match box

    Made from wood. A cylindrical wooden barrel-shaped container. Screw top lid with incised rings around the lid, incised rings are also around the lower section. A small circular hole in the top of the lid. The base underside has a rough texture for striking matches

  • Accession Date
    Unknown
  • Other Id

    col.0882 (colonial)

    36556 (ethnology)

  • Department

    History

    War History

box, match, col.0882, 36556, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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  • box, match, col.0882, 36556, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, match, col.0882, 36556, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, match, col.0882, 36556, © Auckland Museum CC BY
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