Medicine
29-237-69
From: China | Henan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-69 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Henan |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 紫草. Anchusa tinctoria or Alkanna tinctoria. Used to bring out the eruption of small-pox and to color candles. From Henan province. Value at Zhenjiang, $43.60 per picul. Brown stems with blossoms and plant pieces. 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 | 4001 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.72 - Found in Collection Number |
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