Medicine

29-237-15

From: China | Jiangsu

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-237-15
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China | Jiangsu
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Description

蘇葉. Leaves of a tree called by the Chinese Fung-shu, yielding a resin called Rose Maloes. From Jiangsu province. Value at Zhenjiang, $3.88 per picul. Small black 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 3825 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.16 - Found in Collection Number

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