Medicine

29-237-32

From: China | Fujian

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-237-32
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China | Fujian
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Description

福參. Used as a substitute for ginseng. From Fujian province. Value at Fuzhou, $21 per picul. Pale colored shavings with brown markings. 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 3853 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.32 - Found in Collection Number

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