Elephant's Head
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the form of an elephant's head with large ears, long trunk curled at end, tusks, and jeweled ornament draped across brow, identical face on reverse. Small round and flat lid on top hinged on reverse. Striker on lid.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Probably Europe
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1978-146-133
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Matchsafe
label: Type
content: Matchsafe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Plated brass
label: Dimensions
content: 7 x 6 x 3 cm (2 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/16 in. )