Medicine

29-237-23

From: China | Jiangsu

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-237-23
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China | Jiangsu
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Description

姜蠶. The worms out of the silk cocooon. From Jiangsu province. Value at Zhenjiang, $34 per picul. White bone-like pieces. 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 3838 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.23 - Found in Collection Number

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