Medicine

P1613.4

From: Sumatra

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1613.4
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sumatra
Date Made 1901
Section Oceanian
Materials Plant Material | Cotton
Description

Medicine bag, tan with well-spaced vertical thin red stripes. Stain on one side. Tied with tan string. Contains aromatic, somewhat flattened dark brown nuts or beans about 1.5 cm each with paler (potentially) seed inside. Label reads "K....doun. mix with | Doun prawas, when | the Child is born + the" on obverse and "wind remo.... this will ....uon the wind." on reverse (pictured).

Length 19 cm
Width 17 cm
Thickness 3 cm
Credit Line Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901
Other Number P1613D - Old Museum Number

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