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Absorbent cotton wool roll, 1/4 pound — unattributed (plain-label)
Object/Artifact
A cylindrical roll of medical absorbent cotton wool in its original wrapper, rolled in dark blue/green paper with a small rectangular printed paper label. The label is plain and typographic, reading only "ABSORBENT / COTTON WOOL / 1/4 POUND" in black serif type on a buff/white ground; there is a faint handwritten pencil notation at the left edge.
2025.1.139
Medical supplies of Leopoldo Arús Gálvez
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez collection
2025.1
Undetermined; mid-to-late 20th century. Nothing on the package fixes a date or origin. The English-only "1/4 POUND" labeling suggests an English-language market or supplier, but no country is stated.
Printed label: "ABSORBENT / COTTON WOOL / 1/4 POUND." Faint handwritten pencil notation at the left edge of the label (not clearly legible).
Fair
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use, acquisition
Imperial-weight, English-language label, consistent with a British/Commonwealth or other English-market product.