Medicine
29-237-50
From: China | Sichuan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-50 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Sichuan |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 紅花. Safflower. Flowers of the Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis. A tonic, also used as a red dye principally for dyeing silk. From Sichuan province. Value at Hankou, $75 per picul. Red material. One of a collection of samples of Chinese medicine, each in an individual glass jar sealed with cork top. |
| Credit Line | Gift of R. Stewart Culin, pre-1903 |
| Other Number | 3946 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.51 - Found in Collection Number |
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