Cigarette Roller

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Cigarette Roller

Entry/Object ID

1995.038.001

Description

Wooden cigarette roller with attached paper holder to form cigarettes. Roller is a slanted wooden stand with a slit up to top on which a tin mechanism holding a wooden roller slides. There is a container for paper across mechanism. "Slide" portion is covered by a loose heavy brownish paper. A cigarette paper is placed on the hollow part of the roller, tobacco packed on, and it is rolled up to fasten. The cigarette paper holder is early full of papers.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

McMillan, Jack

Notes

Accession Date: 02-Jun-95 Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Roller, Cigarette

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Roller, Tobacco

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tool, Cigar Making

Nomenclature Class

Other T&E for Materials

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

cigarette roller

Created By

Garnham, Peter

Create Date

July 4, 1997

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 16, 2025