Braided Umbilical Tape
date: label: date made
content: after 1904
name: label: maker
content: Lyons-Laeri Company
notes: label: Description
content: Cylindrical glass container with screw grooves at neck. White braided tape (carbonized) wound inside protrudes from cork in top of bottle. 20 yards. White paper label with black and red printing. Two large red L's with a dash between surrounded by the outline of a C and O. Paper wrapper surrounds bottle. Umbilical tape was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Youngstown
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Midwife Kit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from Joseph Badlotto in memory of Rosa Bonfante and her daughter Mary Bonfante Chirchirillo Badlotto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0128.24
label: accession number
content: 2012.0128
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0128.24
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tape, umbilical
label: Object Name
content: midwife's kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (lid material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (packaging material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 9.525 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: container: 7.25 cm x 3.75 cm; 2 27/32 in x 1 15/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.5 cm x 6 cm; 2 15/16 in x 2 3/8 in