Medicine

P1613.22

From: Sumatra

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1613.22
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sumatra
Date Made 1901
Section Oceanian
Materials Plant Material | Cotton
Description

Medicine bag, brown with tan plant pattern. Tied with tan string. Contains round tan objects with depression on one side and lines radiating outwards from center, about 2.0 cm in diameter and 0.5 cm in thickness. Label reads "Inche Bindaro | Mix Janio - same as the | others for Child birth".

Length 22 cm
Width 14 cm
Thickness 2 cm
Credit Line Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901
Other Number P1613V - Old Museum Number

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