matchhead

Both types were produced by drawing the pattern on the skin (with charcoal, a matchhead, or a pin) and then making small cuts (again, with broken glass or a razor blade) along the lines.

Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005

Reply i used to do things like this with white gunpowder or peeled off and crumped matchhead sprinkles.

EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Incredibly cool high powered pencil launcher. 2005

Superintendent Galloway produced a metal match-box from his pocket, emptied some pieces of candle-grease, a burnt wooden match and a broken matchhead from it, and sat back eyeing the detective with a supercilious smile.

The Shrieking Pit 1907

This is an MP3 player speaker that works well with iPod and iPhones, and it has a speaker shape that I can only describe as a big matchhead.

Mobile Whack 2010

It boasts a capsule that's about the size of a matchhead.

Gearwire - 2008