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The canister is metal with a fitted lid which is a paper label adhered to it. The label primarily reads [Madam Walker / GLOSSINE AND PRESSING OIL / MEDIUM WEIGHT]. The canister has a brushed gold metallic finish. The circular label affixed to the lid is yellow and white with brown inked lettering. The label lists the manufacture’s information [THE MADAME C.J. WALKER MFG. CO./INDIANAPOLIS / INDIANA]. The can has rusting along the lid edge located beneath the manufacturer's address on the attached label as well as along the bottom of the canister. Inside, there is a yellowish product resembling petroleum jelly.
| Date | 1940s - 1960s |
| Manufactured by | Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1906 |
| Subject of | Madam C.J. Walker, American, 1867 - 1919 |
| Place made | Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America |
| Medium | alloy steel , organic material |
| Dimensions | Diameter: 5 × 1 5/8 in. (12.7 × 4.1 cm) |
| Credit Line | Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Linda Crichlow White in honor of her aunt, Edna Stevens McIntyre |
| Object number | 2011.59.34 |
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