Medicine
29-237-4
From: China | Guangdong
Curatorial Section: Asian
Object Number | 29-237-4 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China | Guangdong |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Description | 石蒙. A greenish micaceous mineral, believed to remove phlegm, etc. From Guangdong province. Value at Guangzhou, $11 per picul. Metallic/copper-like fragments. One of a collection of samples of Chinese medicine, each in an individual glass jar sealed with cork top. |
Credit Line | Gift of R. Stewart Culin, pre-1903 |
Other Number | 3795 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.4 - Found in Collection Number |
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