"El Porvenir" Wax Taper Matches
date: label: date made
content: 1890 - 1891
label: date acquired
content: 1890 - 1891
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Mexico: Colima, Colima
label: place acquired
content: Mexico
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.152702A
label: catalog number
content: 152702A
label: accession number
content: 24600
objectType: label: Object Name
content: matches
label: Object Type
content: slow-matches
label: Other Terms
content: Matches; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: phosphorus (matchstick heads material)
label: Physical Description
content: potassium chlorate (matchstick heads material)
label: Physical Description
content: wax (matchstick coating material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (matchsticks material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper, wove (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper, emery or sand (striking paper material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 2.8575 cm x 5.715 cm