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Bandbox (USA)

This is a Bandbox. It is dated 1840–60 and we acquired it in 1967. Its medium is block-printed paper, pasteboard support, newsprint. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Gift of Staten Island Museum.

Its dimensions are

44 x 34 x 30 cm (17 5/16 x 13 3/8 x 11 13/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Bandbox (USA); block-printed paper, pasteboard support, newsprint; 44 x 34 x 30 cm (17 5/16 x 13 3/8 x 11 13/16 in.); Gift of Staten Island Museum; 1967-2-1-a/d

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