Medicine

P1613.5

From: Sumatra

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1613.5
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sumatra
Date Made 1901
Section Oceanian
Materials Plant Material | Cotton
Description

Medicine bag, tan with vertical thin red stripes. Tied with tan string. Contains disc-shaped (potentially) slices of about 1.5 cm diameter with creamy white interior and red-brown edge. Label reads "Chakor | Mixture for all medicines | Either as solution or as a powder".

Length 20 cm
Width 17 cm
Thickness 4 cm
Credit Line Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901
Other Number P1613E - Old Museum Number

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