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Anshin origami menstrual tampon (Japan, 1977)

See the first Anshin page.

In 1997 Tambrands gave the box to this museum as part of an amazing gift of 450 boxes of tampons dating to the founding of the second Tampax company, 1936, plus hundreds of other items.

 
Below: The tampon patiently awaiting its fate. Don't drop it into the toilet before you put it into the tube. Stop cursing! It measures 2 x 3/4" (5.5 x 1.7 cm), the string 4 1/4" (10.5 cm).
 

NEXT: See the instructions, which I hope women read before they needed this tampon - for Anshin, peace of mind.
Japanese tampon with finger cots - Shampon Young Japanese stick tampons - ad for Elldy tampon with
applicator (October 1996) - Kotex stick tampon (U.S.A.) - ad for the Kotex stick tampon (1970s)

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