Brass tube, likely 1940s/1950s Avon lipstick sample tube and fragment of lipstick residue

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Object Number 2014.14.595

Display Title Brass tube, likely 1940s/1950s Avon lipstick sample tube and fragment of lipstick residue

Descriptions

Inventory Description Brass tube, likely 1940s/1950s Avon lipstick sample tube and fragment of lipstick residue

Classification

Personal

Department Archaeological

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard

Intrasite H922 L1, 48-64cmbd

Materials Brass , Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 1.3 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm (1/2 × 5/16 × 5/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Credit Line Harvard Yard Excavations, 2014

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