Medicine

P1613.26

From: Sumatra

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1613.26
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sumatra
Date Made 1901
Section Oceanian
Materials Plant Material | Cotton
Description

Medicine bag, dark with tan speckling. 8.0 cm tear in side near bottom. Tied with tan string. Contains ovoid nutlike objects about 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm. Label reads "Mudohan muda. | Mix with the daun sin | awoki for cleansing stomach".

Length 21 cm
Width 15 cm
Thickness 2 cm
Credit Line Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901
Other Number P1613Z - Old Museum Number

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