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THE MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH
Sponge - Australian? - date? - for contraception
and absorbing menstrual discharge
and
The Hygienic Sponge (no date, unknown country)
The donor bought the top sponge from an Australian dealer, suggesting
that it might be from that country.
Comparing the images below in my two computers, both Macintosh, I noticed
that round doesn't always come out round, and they vary from computer to
computer. But the sponge cans are round.
I thank the kind donor of this and other sponges - and other items!
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Below: This case was designed for an Australian
giant - no, no, it's really 1 7/8" in diameter (4.6 cm) and 1"
(2.54 cm) thick. I thought the design was worth seeing
up close; they're the most beautiful sponge containers I've seen.
The donor wrote that this design is not common. The little black bits and
pits around the edges come from my attempt to clean up the edges on the
scans.
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Below: Bottom of the can.
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Below: No net encases the sponge, contrary
to the others in MUM. It's possible this is not
the original sponge or that an owner cut it off, or, like many early tampons, and some today,
the woman pulled them out with their fingers.
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Below, right and left: A frequent contributor
sent these scans of a sponge can, the second most beautiful I've seen. Date
and country of origin unknown.
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NEXT: Anna
Health Sponge (U.S.A., 1940s?) - First sponge page
Cardboard American sponge can with sponge.
Orange-design can with sponge. Black
can and sponge.
The contemporary Sea Pearls (from the U.S.A.)
menstrual sponge
The contemporary Gynotex (from the Netherlands)
menstrual sponge
Main sponge page
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