Woman's Head in Exotic Headdress
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the shape of a woman's head, dressed in exotic, Egyptian style headdress; she wears long pendant earrings in the shape of obelisks with heiroglyphics, and necklace strung with smaller pendants. Front and reverse decoration identical. Box lid with thumb catch on bottom, hinged on reverse. Striker on bottom of lid.
place: label: manufactured in
content: possibly USA
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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: 1982-23-612
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: 4.7 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm (1 7/8 x 1 11/16 x 1 7/16 in. )