Medicine

P1613.35

From: Sumatra

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1613.35
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sumatra
Date Made 1901
Section Oceanian
Materials Plant Material | Cotton
Description

Medicine bag, tan. Pieced diagonally on one side and vertically on other. Tied with tan string. Contains brown segments of roots or twigs with longitudinal ridges, up to about 7.5 cm long. Label reads "Kayu Chaichung | Solution. | for stomach."

Length 26 cm
Width 17 cm
Thickness 4 cm
Credit Line Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901
Other Number P1613II - Old Museum Number

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