More
Japanese tampons:
Anshin
(1977) Tampons, box, directions. ORIGAMI applicator.
(Tambrands gift,
1997) It's the same as Ortex
Gold and Cameo
tampons.
Shampon
Young stick tampon (Japan, 1977)
Instructions for making JAPANESE WASHABLE
MENSTRUAL PADS (early
20th century?), successors of the uma (pony or horse)
See
ads for JAPANESE COMMERCIAL MENSTRUAL
BELTS from the
early 20th century with a discussion of how Japan influenced
European art and vice versa.
Visit the ODOR page.
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The Museum of Menstruation and
Women's Health
Cellopon
menstrual tampon
(1968, Eisai, Japan)
Tampons
The former Tambrands, which
made Tampax tampons, kindly
donated the box and contents as
part of a fabulous gift
of hundreds of menstrual
products.
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Below:
I detached and riiiipped open one
of the capsules, which are made
of a shiny
paper. The tampon lies
rubbing its eyes after its
40-year slumber.
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Below:
The string comes packed
around a mysterious
hole, which
seems ready to receive a
stick as in the Kotex
stick tampon and in
one
of Japan's own 'pons
(another
came with finger
cots!). But no
sticks came with the box.
It's possible someone in
the donor's staff
(Tambrands) removed them.
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Below:
The business end of the
tampon.
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Below:
The cotton
plug measures about 1 1/2
x 0.5" (3.6 x 1.3 cm), the string
about 3" (7.5 cm) long.
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