Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 25, 1817
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 85
Additional Source Text:
"Only used the day of a feast, well put up in a form of a Peramid, the workmansip of those toothpicks are with a Knife of about 18 inches in length 1-1/2 wide & a 1/4" thick."
The donor John Garcia Verdugo is described as being "of Spain."
Notes:
"Palito," which is Spanish for little stick, is glossed in Filipino as matchstick or toothpick.
Juan Garcia Verdugo was a Spanish official in the Philippines.
