Betel Box
95-21-3
From: Thailand | Chiengmai
Curatorial Section: Asian
Native Name | Aep Maak | Aep Yaa |
Object Number | 95-21-3 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Shan |
Provenience | Thailand | Chiengmai |
Date Made | 18th Century - 1950 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silver |
Technique | Embossed | Soldered |
Description | Silver betel box with interior tray. Top slides over bottom lip. Embossed with bands around sides and concentric bands on top side with mongoose like creature at center. Bottom engraved design with animal at center within star and amid vegetal pattern. |
Credit Line | Gift of Katharine and Mary Anglemyer, 1995 |
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