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Description: | Phenol formaldehyde (Bakelite) cigarette box, rectangular, resting on four feet, moulded in dark brown phenolic. Lid decorated with raised moulded design of stylised pair of birds flying left to right; Art Deco design. Base inscribed "AB-3"; inside of lid contains moulded trade mark: a shield with the word "HIGKOK" running diagonally across from left to the right hand side, surmounted by a helmet and above a rolled feather, both motifs on vertically striped ground. Top of shield surmounted by left facing plumed bird in nest. Made c. 1930, possibly American. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | Cigarette box | Temporal: | 1930s | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Higkok | Identifier: | 2005-155 | Go to resource |
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