Medicine
29-237-11
From: China | Guangdong
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-11 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Guangdong |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 知子. The fruit of a kind of bitter seeded cardamom. Its taste is of a similar bitterness to that of No. 3812 (CG98-1-72.9), but less pungent. From Guangdong province. Value at Guangzhou, $7 per picul. Brown/red seeds. 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 | 3817 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.11 - Found in Collection Number |
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