Medicine

P1613.33

From: Sumatra

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1613.33
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sumatra
Date Made 1901
Section Oceanian
Materials Plant Material | Cotton
Description

Medicine bag, tan. Few scattered small holes. Tied with red string. Contains brown rootlike segments, some with small sprouts. Label reads "Laukueh negri | For chills. | Hot Solution".

Length 21 cm
Width 17 cm
Thickness 4.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901
Other Number P1613GG - Old Museum Number

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