Object Details
- Description
- Small metal nail file in a leather cover stored and covered in layers of cotton. This nail file was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Gift from Joseph Badlotto in memory of Rosa Bonfante and her daughter Mary Bonfante Chirchirillo Badlotto
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- leather (container material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/8 in x 3 5/8 in x 5/8 in; .3175 cm x 9.2075 cm x 1.5875 cm
- overall: 8.9 cm x .9 cm x .1 cm; 3 1/2 in x 11/32 in x 1/32 in
- part: cover: 6.5 cm x 1.5 cm x .5 cm; 2 9/16 in x 19/32 in x 3/16 in
- Object Name
- nail file
- midwife's kit
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