Medicine

P1613.13

From: Sumatra

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1613.13
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sumatra
Date Made 1901
Section Oceanian
Materials Plant Material | Cotton
Description

Medicine bag, tan with vertical thin dotted black stripes. Tied with red string. Contains pieces of brown roots or twigs of various sizes, some up to about 7.5 cm in length or about 2.5 cm thick. Label reads "Kalumbat | Solution to destroy the | blood in stomach."

Length 18 cm
Width 16 cm
Thickness 4 cm
Credit Line Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901
Other Number P1613M - Old Museum Number

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